Barcelona are planning to handle two areas of Hansi Flick’s squad throughout subsequent summer season’s switch window: centre-back and striker. As issues stand, their monetary scenario will make it tough for cash to be spent on each positions, which is why strikes are being made to safe a free agent (or two).
It’s most definitely {that a} centre-back is signed totally free, with massive cash spent on a brand new striker. In latest weeks, there was hyperlinks with Ibrahima Konate and Marc Guehi, and one other whose present contract expires on the finish of the season is Nico Schlotterbeck.
And in line with stories in Germany (through Sport), Barcelona have upped their curiosity in Schlotterbeck over the previous couple of weeks.
Schlotterbeck has but to decide to signing a brand new contract with Borussia Dortmund, whom he joined from Freiburg in 2022. He’s stated to have reservations about committing his future to the Bundesliga giants attributable to reported curiosity from elsewhere, that means that Barcelona might have a superb likelihood of convincing him to hitch as a free agent.
Schlotterbeck could be a perfect signing for Barcelona
Inigo Martinez left Barcelona in the course of the 2025 summer season switch window to signal for Al-Nassr, and due to this, there was considerations in regards to the left-sided centre-back place in Flick’s squad. There is no such thing as a pure left-sided possibility on the disposal of the German, which has led to him utilizing Pau Cubarsi and Andreas Christensen there.
It’s no secret that Barcelona would favor to signal a left-sided possibility in 2026, which is why they’re additionally exhibiting curiosity in Sporting CP’s Goncalo Inacio. However on condition that he wouldn’t come low-cost, Schlotterbeck could be a significantly better possibility if he have been to reach totally free – and he’s additionally arguably a greater participant.
It stays to be seen whether or not Schlotterbeck continues to stall on a brand new deal at Dortmund, but when so, Barcelona would certainly be able to pounce for him.