{"id":14303,"date":"2026-04-30T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14303\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:05:12","slug":"barcelona-offered-the-chance-to-sign-e35-million-rated-la-liga-defender-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/14303\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona offered the chance to sign \u20ac35 million-rated La Liga defender &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Barcelona\u2019s top priorities in the upcoming summer transfer window is to secure the signing of a left-footed centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>But amid <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/inter-milan-open-negotiations-with-barcelona-for-top-rated-defensive-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">difficult negotiations with Inter Milan<\/a> surrounding top target Alessandro Bastoni, the club are already looking at other options in the market, having already been linked with quite a few of them.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Micky van de Ven or even <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-eyeing-tottenham-defender-as-a-backup-option-for-alessandro-bastoni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cristian Romero are being <\/a>considered as potential alternatives for Bastoni. But a fresh name has joined the list.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona offered the chance to sign Natan<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260429\/1004176978\/natan-central-ofrecido-barca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, Barcelona have been offered a market opportunity to sign Brazilian defender Natan Bernardo de Souza.<\/p>\n<p>Currently plying his trade for Real Betis, Natan has been an integral figure in Manuel Pellegrini\u2019s defensive line this season, notably racking up almost 3,500 minutes of competition action this season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/real-betis-balompie-v-getafe-cf-laliga-ea-sports-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Natan, Real Betis player\" class=\"wp-image-198339\"  \/>Natan has been a success at Real Betis. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>However, Real Betis are now ready to sell Natan, just a year after they signed him from Napoli for just \u20ac9 million. That is the club acknowledge the defender\u2019s value has risen and they are now looking to cash in.<\/p>\n<p>Real Betis have already rejected quite a few offers for Natan in the winter transfer window, with the report stating that the player is being courted by several Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Natan was an option for Carlo Ancelotti, too, when he was at Real Madrid. But the team ended up signing Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, meanwhile, may have an excellent opportunity to sign a talented Brazilian defender who wants to remain in La Liga despite the interest from the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests Natan is valued at around \u20ac35 million, which is half of Inter\u2019s asking price for Bastoni. But there could be room for negotiations and the fee could potentially drop to \u20ac30 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Barcelona\u2019s top priorities in the upcoming summer transfer window is to secure the signing of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,1641,1139],"class_list":{"0":"post-14303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-natan","11":"tag-real-betis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}