In Turkey they assure that Pjanic wants to continue another year in Besiktas

Miralem Pjanic, loaned by Barça to Besiktas until the end of the season, he does not want to return to the Barça discipline when the course ends and he prefers to play another year in the Istanbul team, where he has regained the leading role he lost at the Camp Nou. This is stated by the Turkish newspaper ‘Daily Sabah’.

With contract until 2024 After arriving at Barça from Juventus for 60 million euros plus 5 in variables, in an operation that also led Arthur to the Turin team for 72 million plus 10 in variables, the midfielder from 31 years He hardly counted last season for Ronald Koeman and chose to look for an exit in the summer. The ottoman set was made charge of a part of his file, paying 2.75 million euros net, which completes Barça, but no purchase option was reserved, so if you want to continue counting on Pjanic, you will have to negotiate with the Barça club.

At Besiktas They already contemplate the option of continuing to count on the services of the Bosnian player, as also explained by the Turkish press, which adds that the president, Ahmet Nur Cebi, wants to negotiate the continuity of the Bosnian, who throughout the season has played 18 games, 16 of these as a starter. The head of the ‘Black Eagles’ already recognized a couple of months ago that they were studying the possibility of acquiring the Barça midfielder on a permanent basis, provided that “the circumstances exist for the operation to remain within our budget”.

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