BARCELONA are set to offer Ajax up to FOUR players for Andre Onana in a sensational swap transfer.
Dutch outlet De Telegraaf claim the Spanish giants could use their current back-up keeper Neto along with youngsters Riqui Puig, Alex Collado or Carles Alena in a deal for the Cameroonian.
Barcelona starlet Riqui Puig has been touted as one of the names the club could use to land Ajax keeper Andre Onana
Yet the outlet adds that Ajax are desperate not to lose Onana and are hoping to convince their current No.1 to stay for at least another year.
The Eredivisie champions also don’t want a swap deal meaning Barcelona may be priced out of a move for their former player.
The LaLiga side are struggling with deals for Neymar and Lautaro Martinez due to the financial crisis in football due to coronavirus.
Onana has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona for months as they aim to provide competition for first-choice keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
The 24-year-old progressed through the youth ranks with the Spanish side after he joined them at just ten years old.
Onana moved to Ajax in 2015 and is under contract with the Eredivisie leaders until 2022.
KEEPING TRACK
Chelsea were said to be lining up a £25 million move for the shot-stopper to replace under-performing Kepa Arrizabalaga next season.
But it is thought Onana is set to snub the Blues as he favours a return to Catalonia to challenge ter Stegen.
Barcelona’s current back-up star Neto, 31, has failed to usurp the German having only started four matches for the Camp Nou outfit since his switch from Valencia.
Meanwhile, Riqui Puig was tipped to be the next talent to emerge from the club’s fabled La Masia academy and registered an assist on his debut in January.
The 20-year-old Spaniard has starred for Barcelona B in recent years, helping them beat a Chelsea side featuring Callum Hudson-Odoi and Reece James in the UEFA Youth League final in 2018.
Fellow academy star Alex Collado, 21, has struggled to break into the first-team picture and only appeared in a five-minute cameo all season.
Carles Alena is also expected to be moved on by Barcelona this summer despite the midfielder impressing on loan at Real Betis this term.
The 22-year-old was wanted by Tottenham back in January and has been touted as one of the names the Catalans could use in a deal with Inter Milan for Martinez.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
