Barcelona have long been chasing Matthijs de Ligt, but the Ajax defender is a target for next summer.
Today’s edition of Sport says the La Liga winners’ manager, Ernesto Valverde, wants the club to bring in a centre-back in January, even though their aim is to bring in the Eredivisie star after the end of the season.
The Catalan newspaper explains it’s ‘not a secret’ that one of the priorities in the heart of the four is Andreas Christensen of Chelsea.
However, the west London club have no plans to part ways the Danish international, even though he has seen his first team opportunities being limited since Maurizio Sarri replaced Antonio Conte earlier in July.
The report mentions the Spanish champions will continue their negotiations with the Premier League outfit for the 22-year-old and must see how they will end.
Since then, he has made only one appearance in the Premier League and that came during Chelsea’s defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this week.
