Barcelona are currently in Lisbon to take on Benfica, although it appears they will also have officials at the other Champions League match involving a Spanish club on Tuesday evening, where Atletico Madrid host Bayer Leverkusen at the Metropolitano.
As reported by MD, members of Barcelona's sports department will be present in the Spanish capital to attend the match between the teams placed 11th and 4th respectively in the league stage. The reason for this is that they want to include the performances of two Leverkusen players: Jonathan Tah and Florian Wirtz.
Tah has been strongly linked to Barcelona for several months, and at one point talks between the two parties started. However, these have recently been toned down with Ronald Araujo reversing his decision to leave, although the German defender is still a target for the summer as he could sign a pre-contract agreement to arrive on a free transfer at the end of the summer. the season. It turns out he could replace Eric Garcia instead, with the 24-year-old strongly linked with a departure of his own.
While Tah is a realistic target for 2025, Wirtz is a player Barcelona considers a dream option. He has been on their radar for some time now, and while a deal is all but impossible for now due to the club's well-documented financial problems, it is not out of the question that they will make a move in the coming years as normality is restored.
It will be interesting to see if both players end up at Barcelona. Tah is certainly the most likely player to leave Leverkusen for Catalonia, although it is not a given that he will join him even if he would be a top addition to Hansi Flick's squad.
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