Barcelona Sporting Director Deco met with the agent of Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi this week, but it wasn’t an entirely positive meeting from a Blaugrana perspective. The Basque metronome remains out of reach for Barcelona as things stand.
Zubimendi remains the preferred pivot target for manager Xavi Hernandez, and Deco met with his agent, informing him that he was a priority for Barcelona, and ahead of Joshua Kimmich in their internal pecking order.
However the meeting’s outcome was that the situation remains in status quo – Barcelona cannot afford to pay his €60m release clause, which is what La Real will demand for the 25-year-old. Sport say that Zubimendi holds little belief in a move transpiring, seeing it as a long-shot.