Barcelona transfer news: Catalan giants make 'historic' bid for potential 2026 World Cup star

Barcelona person reportedly made a 'historic' bid for Colorado Rapids defender Lucas Herrington.

The 18-year-old played for Taringa Rovers, Toowong, Brisbane City and Brisbane Roar during his younker vocation earlier turning nonrecreational with the second successful 2024.

Herrington featured connected 29 occasions for Brisbane Roar earlier making the determination to Colorado Rapids successful January 2026, and helium has turned retired for the MLS outfit 17 times.

All 4 of the teenager's Australia caps person travel this year, and helium is with his state astatine the 2026 World Cup, with the Socceroos opening their tourney against Turkey connected Saturday.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Barcelona person made a 'historic' bid for the defender, though the size of the connection has not been disclosed.

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Barcelona marque 'historic' bid for Herrington

The study claims that the bid has already been rejected by Colorado, but Barcelona could instrumentality with a caller 1 specified is the spot of their interest.

Everton and West Ham United person besides been credited with an involvement successful Herrington, who could perchance go the astir costly Australian subordinate of each clip - that grounds is presently held by Harry Souttar, who joined Leicester City from Stoke City for £15m successful 2023.

Herrington precocious addressed the speculation surrounding his future, telling reporters: "I'm not truly reasoning excessively acold successful the future.

"So it is conscionable Colorado and present conscionable focusing connected the World Cup. That's wherever my absorption is astatine the moment, truthful we'll spot what happens aft that."

Will Barcelona motion Herrington this summer?

A beardown 2026 World Cup would lone summation the involvement successful Herrington, who is 6ft 4in tall.

Barcelona would fancy their chances of going up against immoderate nine successful satellite shot for a player, and it would beryllium immoderate emergence if Herrington made the power to Camp Nou this summer.

A fig of different large clubs volition besides beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected the situation, and it appears lone a substance of clip earlier the Australian secures a large move.