It’s now established that Mundo Deportivo don’t think Arthur to Barcelona is quite as nailed on as Sport believe, despite the club already paying their €4m deposit.
The former continue to push Fabian forward as an alternative, rather than as a player who would be targeted in addition to the Betis midfielder.
They continue this theme on Friday.
Barcelona are prepared for a ‘war’ with Real Madrid over signing the player, with Mundo Deportivo saying it’ll be like Dani Ceballos’ exit from Betis.
Given Barca lost that particular battle, they’ll probably want to plan a little better for this one, and should be able to use Ceballos’ Real Madrid experience as a weapon.
Barcelona are presented as being ‘very much’ interested in the 22 year old, and it’s claimed that a weight of opinion is building at the club which backs Fabian over Arthur.
Fabian has a buyout clause of €30m.
