{"id":3115,"date":"2026-04-13T06:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3115\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:25:18","slug":"barcelona-refuse-to-meet-e8-million-demand-for-rising-centre-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/3115\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona refuse to meet \u20ac8 million demand for rising centre-back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have decided to pause their pursuit of Ruud Nijstad for the time being, despite the defender remaining highly rated within the club.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/barca-deja-stand-by-via-128931688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SPORT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SPORT&quot;}\" class=\"link \">SPORT<\/a>, it has come to light that although the Catalan side are still in contact over the situation of the Dutch centre-back, they do not believe this is the right moment to make a concrete move.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The decision is not linked to a loss of interest, but rather a matter of timing and valuation.<\/p>\n<p>On Barcelona\u2019s radar<\/p>\n<p>Nijstad has <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-close-in-on-the-capture-of-18-year-old-dutch-defensive-prodigy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:been on Barcelona\u2019s radar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;been on Barcelona\u2019s radar&quot;}\" class=\"link \">been on Barcelona\u2019s radar<\/a> for several months and is considered one of the most promising young defenders in European football.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s sporting department views him as a player with both immediate potential and long-term upside, fitting the profile Barcelona have consistently targeted in recent transfer windows.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few months, the scouting team has closely monitored his development.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move is currently at a standstill. One of the key factors behind this is the valuation set by FC Twente.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch club are reportedly asking for around \u20ac8 million, a figure Barcelona consider too high at this stage for a player who is still developing.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Barcelona have chosen to delay any potential negotiations rather than commit to a deal under current conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The club prefers to monitor how the situation evolves over the coming months before making a final decision.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, Nijstad has not been entirely ruled out, as Barcelona remain interested and could revisit the deal later, depending on the player\u2019s progress and whether the financial conditions become more favourable.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Barcelona decide to make a move, they will have to fend off severe interest from the Premier League, where teams like Manchester City, Chelsea and Brighton are all monitoring his progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have decided to pause their pursuit of Ruud Nijstad for the time being, despite the defender remaining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,2258,942,272,2257],"class_list":{"0":"post-3115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-brighton","10":"tag-chelsea","11":"tag-manchester-city","12":"tag-ruud-nijstad"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","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=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}