The front page of Sport has a story about the players that Barcelona want to offload in the summer transfer window.
The list includes the likes of Yerry Mina, Jasper Cillessen, Aleix Vidal, Andre Gomes, Rafinha, Marlon and Lucas Digne. Out of these players, except Vidal, the players have all been linked with moves to the Premier League.
Sport claims Barcelona expect to have some movements on goalkeepers moving from one club to another, starting with Chelsea star Thibaut Courtois joining Real Madrid.
The Belgium international has one year left on his contract at Stamford Bridge. He hasn’t shown willingness to sign a new contract and a move to Madrid would be welcome.
Courtois, who played for Atletico Madrid for three seasons between 2011 and 2014, wants to be closer to his children, as reported by HLN. They live in the Spanish capital and the 26-year-old wants to move to Real in order to be closer to them, which is an entirely reasonable wish.
Sport claims Courtois’ move to Real Madrid should start a chain reaction seeing a few goalkeepers move from one club to another.Barcelona are hoping to cash in from Cillessen’s sale this summer and are willing to let him leave if they receive a bid of around €30m.
Marca are also confident today on Courtois moving to Real Madrid, and a consensus is clearly building in Spain.
