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Barcelona have intensified their efforts to establish and signal younger gamers from the African continent as a part of their new switch technique previously couple of years.
This transfer has already seen the Blaugrana rope in gamers like Mika Faye, Mamadou Mbacke, David Oduro, and most just lately Ibrahim Diarra.
Two offers in jeopardy
Nevertheless, in keeping with Toni Juanmarti of SPORT, Barcelona’s plans to signal Malick Cisse and Mouhamed Dabo, two promising 17-year-old African abilities, at the moment are in danger.
Again in November final 12 months, Cisse, an attacking midfielder, and Dabo, a defensive midfielder, each from Senegal, spent a number of weeks on trial at Barça, coaching with the membership’s Juvenil B outfit.
Of the 2, Cisse generated essentially the most curiosity on account of his attacking potential. Nevertheless, as each gamers are underneath 18, FIFA laws prevented a right away switch to the Catalan membership.
Barcelona are concentrating on gamers from Africa. (Picture by Eric Alonso/Getty Pictures)
As such, Barcelona’s plan was to safe a verbal settlement with their representatives to finalise the switch as soon as they flip 18 in early 2026 – an strategy that labored with the signing of Ibrahim Diarra.
Nevertheless, sources near the gamers report that they haven’t heard from Barcelona for a while. This extended silence has left Cisse and Dabo confused, as they believed the transfer was virtually a carried out deal.
To complicate issues additional, a number of high European golf equipment have taken benefit of this uncertainty. These golf equipment are providing considerably higher monetary packages, making it more durable for Barça to compete.
Barcelona face one other looming menace as Cisse’s market worth may rise even additional throughout the Underneath-17 Africa Cup of Nations, set to happen this April. A robust efficiency may spark elevated curiosity from European heavyweights wanting to snap him up.
It now stays to be seen whether or not the pursuit of Cisse and Dabo will finish efficiently for the La Liga leaders or in the event that they miss out on the prodigious duo.
