Chelsea, PSG very attentive to the situation of Barcelona Golden Boy

With the arrivals of Ilkay Gundogan and Oriol Romeu this summer, it appears that Barcelona midfield sensation Gavi has dropped a rung down the pecking order in Xavi’s plans.

The 19-year-old Golden Boy Award winner did not have the best of pre-seasons as he was largely out with an injury and only played just once in the Joan Gamper Trophy match.

Following that, the La Masia graduate did not start against Getafe in the La Liga opener, with Xavi preferring Gundogan, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, and Romeu as his starting midfielders.

Chelsea, PSG watching Gavi

As such, SPORT is now reporting that both Chelsea and PSG have revived their interest in Gavi and are closely monitoring his situation at Barcelona.

Both Chelsea and PSG have been keen on the 19-year-old midfielder for a long time now and had explored the possibility of signing him earlier this summer.

In fact, PSG had considered a move for him very recently, with new manager Luis Enrique said to be an admirer.

However, none of it came to anything as Gavi has never thought about leaving Barcelona, and is not entertaining that possibility even now despite there being the risk of his playing minutes being reduced.

Neither Gavi nor the Blaugrana are thinking about a parting of ways, with the player keen on succeeding at his boyhood club and the Catalans seeing him as a non-transferable asset.

At the same time, though, he still wishes to play regularly and Barça will have to manage that situation carefully.

For now, though, Chelsea and PSG are looking at Gavi’s situation with keen interest.