Barcelona target could back out of move depending on contract decision

Barcelona looked as if they had all but won the race to sign Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen, with the German international out of contract in the summer. Bayern Munich and Real Madrid had been interested in the 28-year-old, and his future could be back in the air.

Tah had agreed terms with Barcelona, and was close to signing a precontract for next summer with the Blaugrana. If Juventus succeed in their efforts to sign Ronald Araujo, that would all but ink his name on the contract. Yet Sport say that the Uruguayan defender’s future could dictate what happens with Tah. Should Araujo renew his contract with Barcelona, then Tah’s signing will go from well down the road to on stand-by.

Araujo is has supposedly been persuaded to sign a new deal, but including a release clause that other teams see as ‘accessible’. Diario AS note that his contract renewal could be somewhat ‘artificial’, and a deal that allows Barcelona to bring in more money for Araujo if he does decide to leave this summer.