Barcelona is confronted with the difficult task of finding a long -term successor to spire striker Robert Lewandowski, and given the tight situation with their salary limit, it seems that their most important method will be gambling at the moment on younger players.
According to Sport, Barcelona is one of the European parties who have had the opportunity to sign the 19-year-old attacker Neiser Villarreal. The teenage talent is starting to make his first inads in professional football with Giants Millonarios in his native Colombia, but his contract situation can lead to him continue to continue instead of later.
From a contract at the end of 2025, the Villarreal agents were in the perfect position from their perspective. He has so far rejected Millonarios attempts to renew his deal, and after a successful South American championship, there is now interest from Europe. Sport says that he could be available in the summer for € 3 million, or as a free agent at the end of the year. Millonarios had closed a deal of € 4 million with Vasco da Gama, but his agents refused to negotiate with non-European clubs.
Of course, Barcelona is not the only side looking at Villarreal, nor the only one who offered the young talent. The Catalan Daily List Porto, Watford and Premier League Giants Newcastle United as other potential destinations for him, in which the former two have a history of bringing in talents from Colombia. Director of Football Deco and his scouting team watch Villarreal.
So far, Villarreal has played 11 times with one assist in 146 minutes of action for Millonarios. However, it is for the under-20 side of Colombia that he is impressed by 10 goals in just 14 games. Six of them came to the South American championship, making him the joint-top scorer in the competition. Barcelona will not want to miss a young talent, but has had an honest warning with the Vitor Roque experiment that the player in question must be ready – although Villarreal would be an investment for Barca Atletic instead of the first team.
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