Watching the matches of the National Team against Portugal and the Czech Republic, Joan Laporta must have thought that it is better for him to accelerate Mateu Alemany with the renewal of Gavi or, definitively, he will escape Barça’s salary possibilities. What the boy does, at 17 years old, leading a world champion team as he has shown in Seville and Prague, draws powerful attention. Its price has risen like foam again in the last week (for the specialized website Transfermarkt it is already worth 60 million), in which he was the best with Spain at the Benito Villamarín, where he led the transition and gave the key pass before Morata’s goal. Three days later, He became the youngest scorer in the history of the Spanish National Team, at 17 years and 304 days, smashing Ansu Fati’s record.
Gavi does not want to move from Can Barça. He still lives in the Ciutat Esportiva, to which his agent, Iván de la Peña, takes him after all the Barça games; and he considers that no team is better suited to his characteristics. There he also has his friends, his community. Months ago, and despite the interest of Bayern, Chelsea and Liverpool, he told De le Peña that he only wanted Barça. But the Barça club took advantage of his status as a youth player to make him an offer significantly lower than those that sealed the renewal of players like Ansu and Pedri; and later Araújo.
That did not please his agent, Iván de la Peña, who knows that Barça is in front of one of the greatest talents that has come out of the quarry in the last period. That “great unknown” of which Luis Enrique speaks not only has leadership in the field, he is intense and goes to the clash. He is also intelligent in the positional game, he goes to space, he has ten meters of explosive exit to unbalance, filters balls and scores goals. It is difficult to find more complete players. And yet, Barça has rested on its laurels and now it is going to have to raise the offer to obtain the player’s yes.
The information that arrives is contradictory. From the offices of Arístides Maillol it is assured that Iván de la Peña has a new offer on the table. Iván de la Peña claims to be unaware that there is a new proposal. There is talk of a decisive week. Already entered the month of June, it is the moment that the Barça begins to close the enlargement if it does not want to sign a new failure.