{"id":15440,"date":"2026-05-01T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/15440\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:44:13","slug":"barcelona-top-target-will-cost-e60-65-million-player-ready-to-join-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/15440\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona top target will cost \u20ac60-65 million, player ready to join &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona have set their sights firmly on a move for Inter Milan and Italy centre-back Alessandro Bastoni for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old defender is seen as the priority target by the Catalans, as they search the market for a left-footed centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>However, there have been some concerns that a move for the Inter Milan ace could prove to be a costly affair, leading to the club <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-top-target-concerned-by-clubs-developing-interest-in-premier-league-ace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">keeping an eye on alternatives like Cristian Romero<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni deal to cost \u20ac60-65 million<\/p>\n<p>Providing an update on the situation, journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CwDa5sSrZxs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Matteo Moretto<\/a> reports that a deal for Bastoni could cost a total of around \u20ac60-65 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian international is very much open to the idea of joining Barcelona and would consider leaving Inter Milan only to join the Blaugrana. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-reach-preliminary-agreement-with-top-target-talks-with-club-to-begin-shortly-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">he is already believed to have said yes to the La Liga leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/us-lecce-v-fc-internazionale-serie-a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alessandro Bastoni of Inter Milan\" class=\"wp-image-196694\"  \/>Keen on the Barcelona move. (Photo by Maurizio Lagana\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>So far, formal negotiations have yet to take place between the two clubs and an agreement will need to be finalised for the operation to go through.<\/p>\n<p>A sum of \u20ac60-65 million for a player of Bastoni\u2019s quality seems reasonable in the current inflated state of the transfer market. <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Bar\u00e7a could look to drive the price down further by offering a player in exchange, with names like Hector Fort and Roony Bardghji being mentioned previously as possible candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The defender\u2019s keenness to join could play a big role in negotiations which could begin soon once both Barcelona and Inter Milan wrap up their respective league title triumphs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have set their sights firmly on a move for Inter Milan and Italy centre-back Alessandro Bastoni&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1806,92,222,223,1807],"class_list":{"0":"post-15440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-alessandro-bastoni","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-barcelona-news","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-inter-milan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15440","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=15440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}