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Ilkay Gondwan (Reuters)
Barcelona is working vigorously to add a replacement for Memphis Depay in the winter transfer window, but it turns out that the team is also working on the summer. According to a report in ‘El Chiringito’ in Spain, the Catalans closed the transfer of Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundohan, who will join next season.
A player of the English champions ends his contract, and although he is one of the most important players in Pep Guardiola’s squad, in Spain they claim that he wants a new challenge and will come to Barca for free. He came to the Blues from Dortmund for just under 30 million euros, and at the age of 32, he is one of the best midfielders in Europe today.
Gundoan evaluates the project built in Barca according to the publications in Spain. He made 68 appearances for Germany and fits his profile for Barcelona. Gundogan has four Premier League wins under his belt, and in the summer he is expected to close his chapter at the Etihad even though Guardiola wants to keep him.
In the meantime, the journalist Gerard Romero reported that Xavi has already marked the replacement of Sergio Busquets and it is Dani Parejo, the Spanish midfielder of Villarreal, who actually grew up in Real Madrid. So far this season, Parejo has scored five assists in 27 appearances in all competitions in the yellow submarine uniform.
As mentioned, the 33-year-old Farojo grew up with the Blancos, but did not get a real opportunity and after the loan to Queens Park Rangers was sold to Getafe. He later moved to Valencia in Media where he starred for nearly a decade, before moving to Villarreal. He has four appearances in the Spanish team uniform.
