Despite the Catalan club being in a precarious financial position, reports claim they have met to discuss the Premier League striker's future.
Reports in Catalonia suggest that FC Barcelona executives met with representatives of Premier League striker Jhon Durán to express interest in the Colombian.
Barcelona are in a hugely precarious, perhaps unprecedented, situation of financial ruin, but information emerging from Spain's east coast suggests that the agent of Jhon Durán, the young Aston Villa striker lighting up the Premier League, recently met with representatives of the culé to discuss its affairs informally. future.
According to SPORT, the meeting had two objectives: to ensure that the former MLS striker is aware of Barcelona's interest (without singling him out as the number one preference) and to express the player's mutual excitement about possibly one day playing for the blaugrana -shirt.
Deco, Barcelona's sporting director, is said to have met with Durán's agent a few weeks ago to establish contact between the two parties and build relationships ahead of a possible move to LaLiga.
What is Jhon Durán's record this season?
Durán made his Premier League debut in February 2023 after playing for Envigado and Chicago Fire and this season the young striker has set the league on fire… from the bench.
The 21-year-old has scored seven goals in 18 games, without playing more than 35 minutes in all but four. He scored two goals in two EFL Cup matches and three goals in six Champions League matches, playing less than 65 minutes in all matches.
However, despite the aforementioned excitement from both sides, Barcelona are wading through a sea of financial silt. Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor have been deregistered as players this season after the club failed to secure the necessary financial backing to add them to the squad following the recovery and return of other players to the squad.
As such, in a real-life version of Scooby-Doo in a haunted house, the club has attempted to open doors leading to brick walls. All their options to re-register both players have been met with firm rejections from both LaLiga and the RFEF (Spanish Federation), with club president Joan Laporta now under serious pressure to turn things around or risk a vote of no confidence.
The reports revealing talks about a move for Durán to Catalonia, while accurate, are certainly far from over as Barcelona have plenty of other fires to put out in the meantime.
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