{"id":34136,"date":"2026-06-03T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/34136\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:28:10","slug":"ligue-1-club-kickstart-negotiations-with-barcelona-midfielder-over-summer-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/34136\/","title":{"rendered":"Ligue 1 club kickstart negotiations with Barcelona midfielder over summer move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AS Monaco have had quite a busy summer so far, notably bringing in Filipe Luis as their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ligue 1 giants are looking to undergo some key changes to their squad heading into the new season. They have been particularly busy in the Barcelona circles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monaco, after all, are <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-must-finalise-only-one-last-detail-to-complete-the-e11m-sale-of-la-masia-graduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">expected to sign Ansu Fati<\/a> at a cheap valuation of \u20ac11 million. But that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n<p>Monaco kickstart talks with Casado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fc-barcelona-v-atletico-de-madrid-la-liga-ea-sports-1-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Casado of FC Barcelona and Julian Alvarez of Atletico Madrid\" class=\"wp-image-197276\"  \/>Monaco are keen on Casado. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Glongari\/status\/2062180669363523928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gianluigi Longari<\/a>, Barcelona are working on yet another Barcelona starlet in the form of Marc Casado.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ligue 1 outfit, in fact, have started talks with the Barcelona midfielder, who has lost his prominence under Hansi Flick and is expected to leave the club this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casado has indeed fallen behind the likes of Frenkie de Jong, Pedri, Gavi and even Marc Bernal in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A move away from Camp Nou, therefore, could make a world of sense as he looks to start a new adventure elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>What are the other options?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/real-madrid-cf-v-fc-barcelona-laliga-ea-sports-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Casado of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-197879\"  \/>Casado has other offers on the table. (Photo by Angel Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monaco are the latest club to be linked with a move for Casado, who has no shortage of suitors across the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier reports have suggested that the Spaniard is a <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-handed-major-boost-as-saudi-club-soften-stance-on-defenders-permanent-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">topic of conversation in Saudi Arabia<\/a>, while a few other La Liga clubs would presumably be interested in acquiring his services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At just 22, Casado boasts a lot of potential and a move to Monaco could be particularly interesting as he could have the opportunity to play in European competitions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, though, Monaco have only started talks with Casado and it remains to be seen if they can convince the Barcelona midfielder this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AS Monaco have had quite a busy summer so far, notably bringing in Filipe Luis as their new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2303,92,222,1866],"class_list":["post-34136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-as-monaco","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-marc-casado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34136","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=34136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}