Barcelona still in the running for 21-year-old striker through Xavi’s project: Fabrizio Romano

Barcelona’s economic situation, which includes billions in debt, and more, has put them in a precarious position viz-a-viz new signings. In fact, after signing four players in the winter transfer window, their spending limit has been pulled down from €97 million to -€144 million by La Liga.

Consequently, shelling out a large amount on a marquee signing becomes tough. This is unfortunate, because the Blaugranes were gunning for Erling Haaland’s signature. At this point, it would have been fair to rule them out of the race.

However, according to a recent update from Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona are still in the running even though their economic proposal does not match up to Manchester City or Real Madrid’s.

They are, in fact, trying to convince the Haaland with the help of Xavi and their sporting project. The Barcelona manager also took the trip to Germany to meet the striker and explained the team’s vision, with him at the steering wheel.

The Borussia Dortmund man’s release clause of €75 million comes into effect in the summer, and the entire operation to sign him could end up costing nearly €300 million across five years.

After a long overdrawn transfer saga, though, Haaland is finally set to decide his next club soon. As it stands Man City and Madrid are in the driver’s seat, but if the sporting project and manager really do matter to him, as Fabrizio put it, it would be unwise to rule out Barça.