The transfer market is officially closed until January 4, 2021. However, there are many transfers that begin to be manufactured outside the established period and, therefore, form the rumors and information that arise during the previous months. These are the highlights of today, December 22, 2020:
Joan Laporta loves Héctor Bellerín.
Joan Laporta, officially, will be presented to the next Elections to the Presidency of Barcelona. The one who was already President of the club, now as a candidate to be elected again, has begun his electoral campaign to try to win enough votes to finally be elected. Thus, according to Mundo Deportivo, Laporta has in his list of future signings Héctor Bellerín, Arsenal's right back. The Spanish player has already sounded several times to reinforce the right-handed lane of the Barcelona team and, now, with Joan Laporta as a candidate, he returns to the scene to, according to this information, be a candidate to return to a club where, before signing for the English , he trained as a youth squad. Its current market value, according to Transfermarkt, is 28 million euros.
Manchester City want Lucas Digne.
The defense and the left-back, especially, is one of the great headaches of Pep Guardiola and Manchester City in recent years. Now, according to The Times, the Sky Blue project would be seriously interested in the signing of Lucas Digne, Everton's left-back and former Barcelona player. The French player left the Camp Nou through the back door, but in the Premier League over the years he has managed to recover from his discreet Barça stage and is currently considered one of the best left-handers in the championship. Thus, according to this information from the British Isles, Digne would be Guardiola's choice to find stability, firmness and productivity on a left wing that, now, with players like Benjamin Mendy (who has not met expectations) and Zinchenko (who meets well , but it does not reach a first world level either) continues to be one of the points to improve in this mega squad that the Catalan coach has at his disposal. Of course, Everton is working hard so that the French side can renew his contract with Goodison Park in the short-medium term.
PSG is considering the signing of Jan Oblak.
Jan Oblak is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world and, of course, many are the clubs that have been interested in his services in recent years. Daily Mail has reported in recent hours about the shadow movements that exist around the figure of the Slovenian goalkeeper of Atlético de Madrid. According to this information, the rojiblanco goalkeeper would not close the door to a hypothetical exit and this scenario could be used by teams like PSG. The Parisian team would look for a replacement with full guarantees for Keylor Navas. First, to have two world-class goalkeepers, but at the same time because they think that the age of the Costa Rican goalkeeper (34 years old) is beginning to present a closer than distant exit. Thus, they would be studying the signing of Oblak. In fact, the Daily Mail confirms that Chelsea tried his signing again last summer, but Atlético's refusal to negotiate his price led the Blues to finally opt for Edouard Mendy.