Joan Laporta still made next year's squad of Barça and in addition to the contacts with Praise and Haaland, seems to have the arrival of Georginio Wijnaldum closed. Sunday times assures this Sunday that the Liverpool midfielder has decided that does not plan to renew the contract that expires this summer and that has signed a pre-contract with Joan Laporta to become the first signing of the second era of the Catalan president, who took office this week.
Wijnaldum will land in Barcelona without transfer cost and will finally fulfill the Ronald Koeman wish, who became infatuated with his compatriot as soon as he arrived at Barcelona last August.
The Dutchman would arrive at LaLiga with 30 years and after a key season at Liverpool, being a key piece for Klopp. So far this season he has played 40 matches between all competitions and has scored three goals.
At Anfield they are aware that Wijnaldum does not have in mind to renew since he does not feel valued enough with a token that is around the 4.5 million euros, the fourteenth highest of the workforce.
For its part, the club is already making plans and has been looking for a replacement for some time. The best placed so far is Rodrigo de Paul.
The international ‘oranje’ arrived at Liverpool in 2016 in exchange for 27.5 million euros and in the 'red' club he was a participant in historical events such as the achievement of the Champions League and the Premier League.