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Aston Villa is prepared to pay up to €50 million for Barcelona's Alejandro Balde. The move comes as Barcelona looks to balance their salary cap while potentially selling players this summer.
Aston Villa willing to pay ‘up to €50m’ for Barcelona man
While the majority of the talk in Barcelona is around who could potentially arrive in the summer transfer window, it may be just as relevant to discuss who may be exiting Camp Nou. With the Blaugrana hoping to move within their salary limit this summer, they will be able to reuse more of the funds they make from potential sales to sign players, if they do finally make that shift.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Hansi Flick declared that Barcelona must ‘avoid stupid decisions’ in the transfer market, and also highlighted Inigo Martinez as a player that Barcelona had missed this season. He challenged Director of Football Deco and President Joan Laporta to be ‘perfect’ in the transfer market.
For some time, left-back Alejandro Balde has been cited as one of the players that Barcelona would consider selling this summer for the right price. According to El Chiringuito, Aston Villa, who have previously been linked with Balde, are willing to pay as much as €50m for Balde this summer. Jose Alvarez goes on to explain that the offer for Balde on the table in terms of a contract is ‘almost irresistible’.
Aston Villa is willing to pay up to €50 million for Alejandro Balde.
Barcelona is looking to balance their salary cap, which may require them to sell players to free up funds.
Alejandro Balde is a player from Barcelona, and Aston Villa sees him as a valuable addition to strengthen their squad.

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Alvarez goes on to cite reports that Barcelona have Bayer Leverkusen left-back Alejandro Grimaldo on their shortlist to potentially replace him. The Spain international is out of contract in 2027, and could be available as little as €10-12m in the summer, and is keen to return to Spanish football.
The other question mark is Joao Cancelo, who Barcelona are keen to keep, but not at the €15m price tag parent club Al-Hilal are demanding for him. There have been some doubts about Balde’s willingness to leave Barcelona for the Premier League.