Barcelona meet with Premier League forward Jhon Durán to discuss potential transfer

Reports in Cataluña suggest that FC Barcelona executives met with representatives of Premier League forward Jhon Durán in order to express interest in the Colombian.

Barcelona find themselves in a hugely precarious, perhaps unprecedented situation of financial ruin, yet information coming from Spain’s east coast claims that the agent of Jhon Durán, the young Aston Villa striker lighting up the Premier League, recently met with culé representatives to informally discuss his future.

According to SPORT, the meeting had two objectives: making sure the former MLS forward is aware of Barcelona’s interest (without singling him out as the number one preference) and the mutual excitement from the player of perhaps one day playing in the blaugrana shirt.

Deco, Barcelona’s sporting director, is said to have met up with Durán’s agent a few weeks ago to initiate contact between the two parties and build relationships ahead of a potential move to LaLiga.

What is Jhon Durán’s record this season?

Durán made his Premier League debut in February 2023 after playing for Envigado and Chicago Fire and this season, the young forward has set the league alight... from the bench.

The 21-year-old has has scored 7 goals in 18 appearances, without having played more than 35 minutes in all but four games. He has 2 goals in 2 EFL Cup matches and 3 goals in 6 Champions League games, playing less than 65 minutes in all of them.

However, despite the aforementioned excitement from both sides, Barcelona are wading through a sea of financial sludge. Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor have been de-registered as players this season after the club failed to secure the necessary financial backing to be able to add them to the squad following the recovery and return of other players to the side.

As such, the club have, in a real-life version of Scooby-Doo in a haunted house, tried to open doors that lead to brick walls. All of their options to re-register both players have been met with firm rejections from both LaLiga and the RFEF (Spanish Federation), with club president Joan Laporta now under serious pressure to turn things around or risk a vote of nor confidence.

The reports revealing talks regarding a move for Durán to Cataluña, while they may well be accurate, are certainly far from completion, as Barcelona have plenty of other fires to put out in the meantime.

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