Mercato | Mercato – Barcelona: A track at 0 € calls Xavi and Laporta to land at Barça!

Posted on December 14, 2021 at 8:30 p.m. by BC

Trained at FC Barcelona, ​​André Onana is currently in his last year of contract with Ajax Amsterdam and will leave the Netherlands at the end of the season. In the sights of Inter Milan and Barça, the Cameroonian goalkeeper opens the door wide to his former club.

After the arrival of Xavi on the sidelines, FC Barcelona intends to make big changes in the coming months, despite their financial problems. Joan Laporta therefore intends to bet on free or struggling players in their club, while considering the departure of several executives in order to replenish the funds. According to the Spanish press, Marc-André ter Stegen would no longer appear as untransferable in the eyes of the leaders in the event of a substantial offer, and to replace him, or bring competition to this position, the Barça would already have an idea in mind. Indeed, André Onana would be greatly appreciated internally, especially as the Cameroonian goalkeeper is free to join the club of his choice at the end of the season. Asked this Tuesday by the daily Sport, the Ajax Amsterdam player also recognizes that he would be ready to return to Catalonia, he who was trained at FC Barcelona .

If Barça is my first choice? Obviously, it's my home and I grew up there ”

During an interview with Sport, André Onana a confirmed his future departure from Ajax Amsterdam , while opening the door to a return to FC Barcelona . “When you open a door, you end up closing it one day. The time has come to open another. We have done everything possible here and made history. It is the end and it is time to build a new path. We have several interested teams, but we haven't chosen yet. You never know what can happen to this position, because in football there is no certainty. We are waiting to see which project we prefer, it is important to assess the sporting aspect. Barça are still one of the “best” in the world. I want to play every week and that's why I appreciate the sporting aspect, ”he explains. While an arrival at Inter Milan seemed almost complete according to the Italian press, André Onana Says he hasn't decided anything for the rest of his career yet: “We talk about a lot of other things, we also talk about Arsenal, Barca, of course. At the moment, there is nothing. The press is part of my life and sometimes I get lost. I am still in contact with Barça. I have had a very good relationship since I left. Barça is my home and there have always been contacts “, adds the goalkeeper of Ajax Amsterdam , before being relaunched by the daily Sport on his preference for the club culé:” Obviously , this is my home and I grew up there. This is my home and I grew up there. If it's Barça, it will be Barça. In La Masia you are like in a luxury hotel and you don't realize it before you go. You grow and learn a lot as a footballer, but also as a person. The values ​​that this club represents are incredible. The memories I have are wonderful. From a sporting point of view, it was complicated to take a step forward and I had to look for a way out. I know that I will end up playing at Camp Nou one day, I don't know if it will be with or against Barca. Football has no certainty. Today I'm here and tomorrow I don't know. Maybe I will, but maybe not. Only god knows. Only God knows. “

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