Barcelona sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is interested in Deportivo La Coruña left back defender Filipe Luís (23).The Brazilian player would be one of the main candidates to replace Barcelona left back defender Sylvinho (35), whose contract expires this summer.
After Filipe was offered to Barcelona by several representatives, Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain asked Deportivo president Augusto César Lendoiro about the situation of the player during Saturday's official dinner before the league game.
The transfer fee asked by Deportivo would be around 15 million euro°. Both teams are expected to meet again in the coming days.
Barcelona sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona wants to strengthen the full back positions this summer and that Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola would be especially interested in Filipe. Deportivo would have put an initial asking price of 14 million euro° on the table, although this price could drop if a Barcelona Atlètic player would be included in the deal.
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