Barcelona transfer news: ‘Terms agreed’ to sign new attacker as Marcus Rashford suffers blow

Barcelona person moved a measurement person to signing Borussia Dortmund attacker Karim Adeyemi, according to a report.

The Catalan giants person already spent astir €80m (£69m) to motion Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United this summertime and they stay keen to bolster Hansi Flick’s frontline.

While Robert Lewandowski has joined Chicago Fire connected a escaped transfer, Marcus Rashford has present near Camp Nou pursuing a season-long indebtedness spell from Manchester United.

Rashford has been keen to instrumentality to Barca, but they opted against activating the €30m (£26m) option-to-buy clause they had included successful their woody with Man United and person since prioritised different targets.

It appears progressively improbable that Rashford volition get his imagination imperishable determination to Barcelona, arsenic journalist Fabrizio Romano claims that 24-year-old Adeyemi has present agreed presumption with the La Liga champions.

Adeyemi ‘only wants Barca’ arsenic authoritative bid is submitted

Romano adds that Adeyemi has informed Dortmund that helium lone wants to articulation Barca, who person submitted an authoritative connection to the German nine and are moving to finalise the woody this summer.

Adeyemi is besides understood to person turned down the accidental to widen his declaration astatine Dortmund, which is owed to expire successful June 2027.

While Barca’s pursuit of Adeyemi is said to person nary interaction connected their determination for apical people Julian Alvarez, the German’s projected accomplishment astatine Camp Nou volition apt spot Flick’s broadside determination distant from a woody to motion Rashford, either connected indebtedness oregon connected a imperishable basis.

Adeyemi is simply a versatile attacker who is comfy operating connected some wings oregon arsenic a centre-forward and has spent the past 4 seasons astatine Dortmund, signaling 36 goals and 25 assists successful 146 appearances crossed each competitions.

The erstwhile Red Bull Salzburg youngster scored 10 goals and provided six assists successful 39 games for Dortmund past season, but it was not capable to gain a call-up to Germany’s squad for the 2026 World Cup.

Who other could Barcelona motion this summer?

Barcelona could beryllium blessed with a frontline of Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Roony Bardghji, Gordon and Adeyemi adjacent season, and yet they are inactive keen to walk large connected Atletico Madrid prima Alvarez.

Atletico suggested earlier this summertime that funny suitors would person to activate the Argentine’s €500m (£432m) merchandise clause if they privation to motion him, while making a nonstop excavation astatine some Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Yamal is 1 Barca prima who would beryllium "very happy" to play alongside Alvarez astatine Barcelona and hopes that the nine volition motion a “top player” who has expressed his tendency to permission Atletico.

An alternate people to Alvarez could beryllium England skipper Harry Kane, but the anticipation is that the 32-year-old striker will sign a caller contract at Bayern Munich.

Meanwhile, Barcelona are reportedly close to signing right-back Joao Cancelo connected a imperishable woody from Al-Hilal for €10m (£8.5m).