Barcelona set sights on 21-year-old right-back enjoying for bitter rivals – report

Of late, Barcelona have been credited with an curiosity in Spanish goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who plies his commerce for his or her native rivals RCD Espanyol.

It has been instructed that the Blaugrana have already made contact with the 23-year-old’s camp, with the participant additionally attracting curiosity from Premier League giants Arsenal.

Nonetheless, it seems that Garcia isn’t the one Espanyol participant who has managed to catch Barça’s consideration.

Barcelona eye Omar El Hilali

Certainly, in keeping with SPORT, Barcelona have now set their sights on Espanyol defender Omar El Hilali as a possible goal for the summer time.

It’s no secret that the Catalan giants intend to signal a brand new right-back earlier than subsequent season and have been closely linked with a transfer for Andrei Ratiu of Rayo Vallecano.

Now, Omar El Hilali has additionally emerged as one of many names into consideration on the membership, although he’s not at present the highest precedence.

Omar El Hilali on Barcelona’s radar. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)

Nonetheless, Deco is eager on recruiting a younger participant with excessive potential to form into the membership’s system, and El Hilali matches the invoice.

El Hilali has rejected Barcelona previously

El Hilali has gone on file about how he turned down a few probabilities to hitch Barcelona previously – as soon as earlier than he signed for the Espanyol academy and as soon as extra just a few years later.

“I had the chance to decide on between Barça and Espanyol, and I selected Espanyol as a result of I felt that it needed to be that approach, and my household additionally thought it was the very best factor for me,” the 21-year-old mentioned in an interview in December.

“It was the sporting undertaking I needed. And I feel I made the correct alternative, as a result of now I’m dwelling a dream,” he added.

“They [Manchester United] needed me, simply as Barça tried to signal me once more, however I used to be very clear that I needed to remain at Espanyol,” El Hilali additional revealed.

Given his robust reference to Espanyol, it appears unlikely that the 21-year-old right-back can be keen to make the bounce to Barcelona come summer time.