Chelsea best placed to sign €15 million-rated Barcelona transfer target

Over the past 24 hours or so, there has been significant development with regard to Barcelona’s pursuit of a new right-back.

The Blaugrana had been looking at Joao Cancelo and Ivan Fresneda as their options and appear to be inching closer to the capture of the former, but they still need to resolve the Fair Play issue.

As such, there are doubts creeping in about whether they will persist with the pursuit of Fresneda, even though it has been suggested that the club would be open to signing him and immediately loaning him out.

Fresneda not willing to wait for much longer

Now, Sergi Sole of Mundo Deportivo is reporting that Fresneda has been patiently waiting for Barcelona to make a move, but with things moving on the Cancelo front, he wants to know whether the Catalans will sign him or not.

The 18-year-old right-back wants to learn by the start of the next about where Barça stand, so that he can explore other opportunities.

As such, the report states that Chelsea are currently best-placed to sign the Spaniard, whose market value stands at €15 million.

The Premier League heavyweights’ interest came to light on Friday and they plan to sign him and loan him out immediately as per the report, a formula that he would be willing to accept at Barcelona as well.

Fresneda has already rejected advances from Atletico Madrid and has waited for Barça, but does not wish to delay any longer as he could miss out on a big move and end up staying in the Segunda Division.

So, unless Barcelona decide to act immediately, Chelsea appear to be the frontrunners to secure the signing of Fresneda.

Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.