Barcelona priority target getting tired of waiting for club after accepting five-year contract offer
Barcelona priority target getting tired of waiting for club after accepting five-year contract offer Barcelona’s plans for the summer transfer window may already be facing a serious complication as one of the club’s top targets is beginning to lose patience. Reports emerging from Mundo Deportivo suggest that Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni is no longer willing to wait endlessly for the Catalan giants to make their move official. The Italian international has been heavily linked with Barcelona for months, with the club viewing him as one of the ideal options to strengthen the backline ahead of next season.
The defender is admired internally for his composure on the ball, tactical intelligence and ability to fit naturally into Hansi Flick’s system. There was an offer Barcelona’s interest in Bastoni is understood to be genuine, as the club approached the defender in April and even presented him with a five-year contract proposal . The player accepted the idea of joining Barça in principle, but everything depended on final approval from Flick and the sporting department.
For weeks, Bastoni remained calm and optimistic. The message reaching his camp was that the transfer would eventually happen once Barcelona finalised their sporting plans for next season. Bastoni wants to have better clarity from Barcelona.
(Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) However, despite the club moving closer to securing the La Liga title in recent weeks, no official offer has yet arrived at Inter Milan and that delay is now beginning to frustrate the defender. Bastoni growing impatient It is said that Bastoni wants clarity regarding his future and does not want to enter the summer surrounded by uncertainty. More importantly, the Italian centre-back only wants to leave Inter if he feels truly important to Barcelona’s project.
He is said to value the confidence of the coach above everything else and wants guarantees that he would play a leading role under Flick. At the same time, the situation is not creating panic for the player personally. Bastoni remains very happy at Inter , where he is considered one of the pillars of the squad.