Real Sociedad captain stonewalls Barcelona efforts to sign three players

Negotiating with La Real will be very difficult

The likelihood is that Elustondo speaks for the La Real hierarchy, who value all three players extremely highly. Barcelona have already been told that signing Martin will only be possible if they trigger his release clause, and the likelihood is this will also be the case with Remiro and Oyarzabal.

Barcelona are unlikely to have too much to spend this summer, even if they make their long-awaited return to La Liga’s 1:1 rule. They cannot afford to be paying release clauses on the regular, which is why there is little chance that Remiro, Martin and Oyarzabal end up at the Spotify Camp Nou.

Nevertheless, it will be interesting to see whether Barcelona sign one of them in the summer. Oyarzabal would be a fantastic Robert Lewandowski successor, while Martin and Remiro would also be excellent squad additions, so there is scope for moves to be made if it is deemed necessary.