Alexander Isak enters the 'radar' of BarcelonaFC
The Swede would be an alternative, given the impossibility of buying Haaland
Isak finishes off Ter Stegen, in a Barcelona-Real Sociedad match.
LUIS F. ROJO
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05/14/2021
One of the positions that Barcelona will reinforce next season, will be that of center forward. The Barça club has been looking to improve this demarcation for some time, even before Luis Suárez left the entity. For next year, it is essential to have a scorer. The first option is Haaland. He is one of the best in the world in his position but his asking price is prohibitive, at over 150 million euros. It is practically impossible for him to come to Barcelona this summer.
From here, the range of options opens. One of the strikers, that the technical secretariat has been following for a long time is Alexander Isak, a forward who has shown excellent progression throughout this season. Barcelona already had him in their sights, when they ended up signing Braithwaite. At that time the main objective was Willian José, but the Barça club already had very good reports from Isak.
At the moment, he ranks sixth in LaLiga's top scorers table with 14 goals and has been one of the keys to Real Sociedad's good season. Another factor that supports the hiring of this footballer is his youth, since he is just 21 years old. The room for improvement, is enormous. At this time, his market value may be around 25/30 million, according to Transfermarkt, although with the current crisis in football that price could drop a tiny bit.
The arrival of Depay and Kun Agüero, does not close the door for Isak. The first of them is a forward who moves more on the wing, he is not a center forward. In this respect, they do not collide. Kun is a center forward, but due to his age he is not a footballer who is there to play every game for 90 minutes. The Argentine, will have to be replaced in most matches.
The one who would have to leave is, Martin Braithwaite. The dane has suitors from the Premier League, and Barcelona would be willing to part with him. Another thing is, what the player wants. Braithwaite has repeated on numerous occasions, that he wants to fulfill his contract with the club and is not considering leaving. Here there may be a problem because if it doesn't work out, Isak's transfer can get complicated.
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