In recent months, Barcelona have started looking for possible successors to Robert Lewandowski. Although the Polish striker is in spectacular form, having already scored 17 goals in all competitions this season, he is now 36 years old, so a long-term replacement will soon be needed.
Pau Cubarsí and Iñigo Martínez have played 22 La Liga games together, and have not lost a single one. @gbsans
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One player who has been linked with Barcelona in recent weeks is Viktor Gyokeres, who himself has had an outstanding start to the 2024-25 campaign (20 goals in 16 appearances for Sporting CP). And according to A Bola (via Sport), a proposed agreement is lined up by the leaders of the League.
According to the report, Sporting have set an asking price of €60-70 million for Gyokores, although Barcelona were hoping to significantly reduce that figure by including Vitor Roque as part of a cash-plus player package.
Sporting tried to sign Roque during the summer, but the 19-year-old rejected the move as his intention was to stay in Spain. It is planned to return Barcelona the following summer after his loan at Real Betis, and at that point, a move to Portugal could be on the cards again.
