According to camel.live, there has been new progress on Barcelona’s center-back signings as previously reported. It is reported that Barcelona has contacted Crystal Palace’s Marc Guéhi and Nottingham Forest’s Murillo respectively, but the progress with the two
players is quite different. The following is the report content:
Regarding Murillo
Murillo is only 23 years old, but he is already a familiar face to Deco and Barcelona’s Technical Secretariat. The Brazilian center-back from Nottingham Forest has the characteristics that Barcelona needs, and now that Barcelona is looking for a left-footed center-back, his name has attracted more attention… Maybe not in the January transfer window, but summer could be an opportunity.
Barcelona has had scouting reports on Murillo since his growth period at Corinthians. He participated in the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior in 2023, and in August of the same year, after making 27 appearances for Corinthians’ first team, he packed his bags and moved to Nottingham. This is a deal that requires huge investment, both due to competition from English teams and the player’s youth—he fits the template of a center-back who can play for the team for ten years. Both the player’s team and Nottingham Forest know about Barcelona’s interest in the player, who has both immediate combat effectiveness and great room for improvement.
Barcelona appreciates Murillo’s courage—which allows him to accept and implement the high defensive line philosophy adopted by Hansi Flick—his speed, his ability, and his excellent performance in defense. Barcelona has contacted his team about matters next summer, and the former Corinthians player has little chance of joining immediately.
Regarding Guéhi
Barcelona’s negotiations with Crystal Palace defender Marc Guéhi have stalled for weeks, with a significant gap in financial terms between the two parties.
Several top-level center-backs whose contracts expire next season have recently been linked with Barcelona. Among them, Marc Guéhi is the most talked-about. The Crystal Palace center-back has been a target of Barcelona, who have conducted continuous scouting on him, and Barcelona have also met with his agent.
However, there is a large gap in financial conditions between the two parties, and the negotiations have obviously cooled down. There has been no new contact between the two sides for weeks, and at the same time, other clubs are more actively chasing the English center-back.
Crystal Palace has accepted the fact that Guéhi will leave on a free transfer next summer. In fact, they rejected a €40 million offer in the previous summer window. Currently, Liverpool and Bayern Munich are leading the race and are willing to offer the England international a high-salary contract. Guéhi himself does not want to delay too long—he will be able to sign a pre-contract with his future club starting from January next year.
