Barcelona ‘studying’ a swap with PSG involving Euro 2020 Player of the Tournament

Barcelona do not enjoy a particularly healthy relationship with many top teams in Europe right now. Most of it boils down to Josep Bartomeu and his incompetence when dealing with transfers.

Among those teams is Paris Saint-Germain, who occupy a rather hostile spot bond with the Catalans. This date backs to Barcelona trying to buy Marco Verratti off them in the summer of 2017, which ended in the French outfit paying the €222 million release clause for Neymar Jr.

The teams have gone back and forth since then on possible transfers, and SPORT has reported they might be at it again with Barça studying a possible player swap involving Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Ter Stegen is under heavy scrutiny at Barcelona, failing to replicate his form from a few seasons ago. His knee injuries have not helped the case, either, ruling him for a few games in both of the last two seasons.

He is currently the undisputed starter at the club, but his performances fail to justify that role.

As for Donnarumma, the Italian ended last season as one of the best goalkeepers in the continent and went on to win the award for the best player at the European Championship in the summer. However, his move from AC Milan to PSG has not worked out as well as he would have hoped.

Currently, Donnarumma is playing second fiddle to Keylor Navas, who has pretty much cemented his spot as Mauricio Pochettino’s first-choice goalkeeper. That has not gone down well with the goalie, or his agent, who happens to be none other than Mino Raiola.

Raiola has publicly spoken to the press about his client’s playing time, hoping that the situation changes.

Signing Donnarumma in the summer would be a fantastic strategic move for Barça, who would be able to hit two birds with one stone. Not only would they get one of the best shot-stoppers in the world, but they would also inscribe a better relationship with Raiola, which could, in exchange, help as a catalyst in their pursuit of Erling Haaland.