Madrid sports tabloid As claims that Barcelona is interested in Juventus goalkeeper and Italian international Gianluigi Buffon (31).Barcelona's technical staff would be unsatisfied with the performances of Víctor Valdés this season and the club would be looking to strenghten the goalkeeping position in the summer.
Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would like to sign a younger goalkeeper by following the advice of Barcelona goalkeeping coach Juan Carlos Unzué and former Barcelona assistant coach Eusebio who recommended Valladolid goalkeeper and Spanish youth international Sergio Asenjo (19) and Atlético Madrid B goalkeeper and Spanish youth international David De Gea (18).
The board of the club would nevertheless be wanting to buy a more experienced goalkeeper. Buffon has therefore already been sounded out and the Italian goalkeeper would have welcomed the interest and would be glad to live a new football adventure before he retires.
In this scenario, Valdés could well leave the club this year, one year before the end of his contract. In that case, Barcelona would try to sign De Gea, who would then be given the time to grow in the shadow of Buffon in the coming years. Atlético Madrid would be aware of the interest of Barcelona in their young player and will try to counter it by promoting De Gea to the first team next season.
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