La Liga giants Barcelona have no plans to get drawn into a protracted summer transfer saga over Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni.
According to Il Resto del Carlino via FCInter1908, the Spaniards have issued a warning to the Nerazzurri over their exorbitant asking price.
Despite Bastoni’s recent woes, Cristian Chivu still views the 26-year-old as the cornerstone of his defense.
Therefore, the runaway Serie A leaders have slapped a massive €70 million price tag on their standout center-back.
Meanwhile, Barcelona have developed a genuine interest in Alessandro Bastoni. However, they’re only willing to offer up to €40 million to close the deal.
Barcelona Chief Deco Warns Inter Milan Over Alessandro Bastoni
Deco has reportedly urged Inter Milan to lower their demands and let Bastoni move to the Camp Nou in the summer.
Indeed, the player looks to be evaluating his options after falling out of favor with Serie A fans.
In the meantime, Barcelona are keeping a close eye on the situation.
However, Los Blaugranas already have a backup plan in place. According to the report, they’re ready to rekindle their interest in Jhon Lucumi.
Hansi Flick’s side had tried to sign the Bologna defender last summer after parting ways with Inigo Martinez.
Therefore, Barcelona are ready to launch a new offer for the Colombian if they fail to drive Bastoni’s price down.
even 70m is less for a defender of Bastonis calibre.
barca : we want to buy bastoni for 40mil
inter : yea, we’re not selling though. just fyi his value is 75mil.
barca : ok, how does 40 mil sound?
inter : like we said we ain’t selling and the kid himself is not packing his bag any time soon. he’s happy here.
barca : i am telling you right now to sell him at 40 mil, don’t be difficult. if not i will pout.
inter : er… no.
barca : not fair! i will go to my daddy (UEFA) and tell on you.
inter : go home, drink your milk and sat ur ass down.
we will need to sell Bastion, if for anything, then at least to be able to raise funds to finance the summer market. We don’t have much to allocate for purchases, so our market will largely depend on how much we manage to raise through sales. Unfortunately, that’s the situation under the Oaktree..
Inter should bid on every defender Barca is interested in just to raise the price.Better to sell to the English clubs if they come with 80 mil for Bastoni.
if only its my decision, I will not even open talks pf negotiation with that shite uefalona.
Better sell bastoni to other clubs like Liverpool.
uefalona just a worse example of very bad football club. they will milk you very hard
Im not a fan of how Inter is already putting 70mil valuation to begin with. We should be putting a 120 or more valuation so that we can sell him for atleast 100mil which is what teams like barca,benfica, sporting and Frankfurt are doing. Also Barca can f right off. They don’t want to even try to offer a player yet alone demand us to let our key player go lel. Give us torres in return!
Who tf do they think they are?! Why is there even negotiations?!!!
how about 70M + Ferran…(Zlatan/Etoo kinda deal)
barcelona are ran by a bunch of muppets. Why would we sell bastoni for 40 million… are they out of their minds?
Don’t sell him. A bad period during a season does not mean we should let him go.
Lets not forget about our counter offer. Two bags of potatoes and a barrel of wine for the right back and the right wing. Some maymal or something. Should do for a while.
To be fair…its exactly this type of behaviour of the catalans that ruined football transfers. They wanted veratti just because and psg got pissed and took neymar thus jumping the 100 mil mark.
Same thing every time with Barcelona. They try to create a narrative that a player is desperate to join their constantly underperforming club- then lowball the purchase and make it seem as if the selling club is being unreasonable.
Bastoni has been one of the most highly rated defenders in the world for years and is still only 26. One month of bad press does not cut his value in half.
Agree – the noise around him will go away soon. We should keep him
Inter should bid on Lucumi as well just to raise his fee for Bologna,then bail when his price tag hit 50 mil.lol
Si Bastoni quiere venir, vendrá.
Thats fine. 95 then. Which will also not be accepted. But its always nice to mess with buttsellona