Barcelona hopes to have a very big summer, although they have to do that, they have to raise money for a considerable number of signing sessions. They received € 13.3 million as part of the deal with Nico Gonzalez moving from FC Porto to Manchester City, but more money will be needed to reach their ideal transfer window.
Vitor Roque includes another possible source of income. The Brazilian striker is on loan at Real Betis for the season and included in that agreement is a purchase option worth € 25 million. Since Barcelona does not seem to count on the 19-year-old, they will hope that this will be activated in the summer.
However, that seems unlikely, according to MD. The report states that Betis is not expected to splash on Roque, given that they have just spent € 13 million to bring in Juan “Cucho” Hernandez from MLS side Columbus Crew.
Betis President Angel Haro commented on the situation on Wednesday and rather surprising, he kept the situation open.
“It's still too early to see that. We must have faith in Vitor, see how the year ends, we have an open opportunity, if the two parties agree for his continuity … it is still early. It is true that we generally needed goals, not for a specific striker. Now he has a partner to compete with. '
It is worth noting that Betis has the option to extend the Roque loan by another 12 months, and at this stage this would happen would be the most likely outcome. Although he only scored seven goals in 29 performances this season, there is little doubt that they see him as a good option to have in the team of Manuel Pellegrini to compete alongside Hernandez and Cedric Bakambu.
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