The club from Catalonia is in a terrible series of results, and the last victory against Real Madrid in 184 “El Clásico” brought to the forefront the not so visible trump cards of Xavi’s team.
Ronald Araujo, the scorer of the second goal in the 4-0 victory of the Catalans, is allegedly a highly sought-after commodity on the football market.
According to “ESPN”, Barça wants to start negotiations with Araujo on a new contract as soon as possible, since his current one expires in the summer of 2023, and they do not want the Uruguayan to enter his last year.
To avoid that, the Catalans prepared an offer worth 5,000,000 euros net, which would be the amount of Arauch’s salary. A new contract for a great centre back is one of the club’s priorities in the future, with new reinforcements even though the club is in financial trouble.
Reportedly, Manchester United and Liverpool would like to join the race to sign the young Uruguayan and could offer him far more money than Barcelona.
Angry rivals from the Premier League are following the development of the situation and are ready to put almost 8,000,000 euros annually in front of 23-year-old Arauha.
“ESPN” states that the priority for Araujo is to stay in Barcelona, the club he came to in 2018 from his native Uruguay. That is why Araujo is expected to initial a new agreement with the Catalans soon.
He joined the first team in 2020 and since then he has been a standard on field with Pike.
