Yannick Carrasco pressing Atletico to sign for Barca

After Joao Felix’s departure to Chelsea, Atletico Madrid started looking at Memphis Depay as a replacement. They do not want to pay for him and suggested a swap for Thomas Lemar, which Barcelona did not accept. Barca said they would like Yannick Carrasco.

The conversations between two clubs continue and a real is not ruled out, with Gerard Romero reporting that Barca made contact with the player during the Qatar World Cup.

Memphis is not useful for Xavi and is willing to go to Atletico, while Carrasco is extremely keen to come to Barca.

The main problem is Atletico would prefer to keep the Belgian and now it’s up to the player to press his club.

The operation is being taken on by Pino Zahavi, Robert Lewandowski’s agent, and Carrasco has started to speak to Atletico to ask to leave.

He knows it’s tough but won’t throw in the towel until the end of the market. His capacity to convince Simeone and Gil Marin is key to the deal.