The president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, is looking to bring a big star for the summer of 2025
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has never been afraid to make a statement, and his two spells so far have revolved around the star signings of Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in his first spell, and Robert Lewandowski in his second. He is already planning his next big heist.
How exactly he will go about raising the funds for this remains to be seen. But both Sport and MD they reported that Laporta's main goal for the summer of 2025 is to bring Manchester City star Erling Haaland. The Norwegian giant was spoken to by Xavi Hernandez at the start of 2022 before joining City, and there is a feeling he could be available.
Haaland has never hidden his desire to play in Spain, and AS Diary claims that despite the imminent arrival of Kylian Mbappe, he can still see himself playing for Real Madrid. Yet Barcelona and Laporta offer Haaland the opportunity to form a rivalry between arguably the two best forwards in the world.
In 2025, Haaland He will have spent three seasons at City, and this is also the summer Pep Guardiola's deal expires – if he leaves, then that could reduce the appeal of playing for City.
At this point, the income should increase for Barcelona, being back at Camp Nou. Barcelona have confidence in Lewandowski for next season, and they also have confidence in Vitor Roque and Marc Guiu to continue their development, but there is agreement that a star name could be needed for next season to lead the line. This is despite the fact that Lewandowski has a clause in his contract that will renew his deal for a further season if he plays in 50% of Barcelona's games in 2024-25.
In addition to the above, Laporta has an excellent relationship with Haaland's agent, Rafaela Pimenta, who has said in the past that she would “go to the death” with him. Laporta won his first election after promising the signature of David Beckham, and ahead of another election in 2026, it looks like he will rely on the signature again, with Haaland in mind in this estimation .
