by Watching the National Team’s matches against Portugal and the Czech Republic, Joan Laporta must have thought that he better speed up Mateu Alemany with the renewal of Gavi or, definitively, he will escape Barça’s salary possibilities. What the boy does, at 17 years old, leading a world champion team as he has demonstrated in Seville and Prague, draws powerful attention. His price has skyrocketed again in the last week (for the specialized website Transfermarkt he is already worth 60 million), in which he was the best with Spain at the Benito Villamarín, where he led the transition and gave the key pass before Morata’s goal. Three days later, He became the youngest scorer in the history of the Spanish National Team, at 17 years and 304 days old, shattering Ansu Fati’s record.
Gavi does not want to move from Can Barça. He still lives in the Ciudad Deportiva, to which his agent, Iván de la Peña, takes him after all the Barça games; and he believes that no team is better suited to his characteristics. There he also has his friends, his community. Months ago, and despite the interest of Bayern, Chelsea and Liverpool, he told De le Peña that he only wanted Barça. But the Barça club approved his youth and youth status to make him an offer significantly lower than those that sealed the renewal of players like Ansu and Pedri; and later Araújo.
His agent, Iván de la Peña, did not like that, who knows that Barça is in front of one of the greatest talents. that has come out of the quarry in recent times. That “great unknown” that Luis Enrique speaks of not only has leadership on the field, he is intense and goes to the clash. He is also intelligent in positional play, he goes to space, he has ten meters of explosive output to unbalance, filters balls and scores goals. It is difficult to find more complete players. And yet, Barça has rested on its laurels and now is going to have to raise the offer to obtain the player’s yes.
The information that arrives is contradictory. From the offices of Arístides Maillol it is assured that Iván de la Peña has a new offer on the table. Iván de la Peña claims to be unaware that there is a new proposal. There is talk of a decisive week. Now that the month of June has entered, it is time for Barça to begin closing the expansion if it does not want to sign a new failure.
