Both main Catalan sport papers claim today that Barcelona is still working hard on the transfer Valencia left winger and Spanish international David Silva (22).Catalan sport paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that, while Valencia has been dropping the asking price from 35 to 25 million euro°, Barcelona would have made a new bid of 18 plus 4 million euro°.
Because of the positive draw for the Champions League qualifying round, Barcelona isn't really in a hurry to close a deal but the transfer of a player who can act as left wing attacker is now nevertheless the priority of the club for the rest of this transfer window.
Catalan sports paper Sport claims that next week will be decisive. Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola and Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain are both insisting on the transfer of Silva but if Valencia doesn't accept the new offer the transfer won't go through.
Barcelona would be ready to satisfy the 25 million euro° asking price of Valencia by offering 22 plus 3 million euro°. If Valencia would reject this last offer then Barcelona is considering not to buy a new left wing attacker this summer as there are few other first class players available on the market.
If a deal can be closed with Valencia, Silva is expected to be a Barcelona player soon since Barcelona would already have reached a pre-agreement with the player on a four-year contract a few days before the start of the European championships (read more here).
Asked about the rumours linking David Silva and David Villa with a summer exit, new Valencia president Vicente Soriano meanwhile repeated yesterday to journalists that both players are not for sale: "I don't think we have to repeat this every day. We already said that we don't want Silva and Villa to leave the club. We want them to stay with us and we're negotiating to make that happen."
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