{"id":58559,"date":"2026-07-21T10:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/58559\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:40:20","slug":"barcelona-poised-to-lose-out-on-23-year-old-attacking-target-as-rb-leipzig-near-transfer-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/58559\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona poised to lose out on 23-year-old attacking target as RB Leipzig near transfer agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona have one major squad problem to sort out this summer. The Catalan club need to find a replacement for Robert Lewandowski, who left at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

The Pole spent four successful years at Bar\u00e7a before leaving as a free agent, and the club now need to find a number nine capable of leading the next era.<\/p>\n

This, coupled with the uncertainty surrounding the future<\/a> of Spanish hero Ferran Torres, means Bar\u00e7a may be in the market for more than just one striker this summer.<\/p>\n

Now, Barcelona appear set to miss out on Fisnik Asllani, with the Hoffenheim striker close to staying in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

According to SPORT<\/a>, Asllani has reached a full agreement with RB Leipzig, with the two clubs now expected to finalise the transfer.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has a \u20ac29 million release clause, but Barcelona have not made a decisive move for him.<\/p>\n

Asllani waited for Barcelona<\/p>\n

\"FisnikFisnik Asllani is set to stay in Bundesliga. (Photo by Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The report says Asllani had delayed talks with other Bundesliga clubs in the hope that Bar\u00e7a would step forward.<\/p>\n

He even ended negotiations with Borussia Dortmund while waiting to see whether the Catalans would act.<\/p>\n

His preference for Barcelona has never been much of a secret. Asllani has shown his affection for the club<\/a> on social media and was open to the possibility of moving to Spain.<\/p>\n

However, Bar\u00e7a\u2019s priorities have been elsewhere. The sporting department is currently focused on signing a starting centre-forward, with Julian Alvarez still viewed as the main target.<\/p>\n

Leipzig take advantage<\/p>\n

Leipzig have moved quickly and now look set to secure one of the more promising forwards on the German market.<\/p>\n

Asllani impressed in the Bundesliga and fits the profile of a young player who can continue developing in a competitive environment.<\/p>\n

\"FisnikFisnik Asllani waited for Barcelona. (Photo by Neil Baynes\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

From Barcelona\u2019s perspective, the situation is understandable. The club were monitoring him closely and knew the player was interested.<\/p>\n

However, with no clarity regarding Alvarez\u2019s future, the club could not afford to move for Asllani and spend a significant amount on him.<\/p>\n

Bar\u00e7a stay focused on Julian Alvarez<\/p>\n

Asllani may also include another accessible exit clause in his next contract, which could keep the door open for the future.<\/p>\n

However, that is a conundrum for another time. The talented striker is the second Bar\u00e7a target after Dusan Vlahovic, who seems to be close to agreeing a move with another club.<\/p>\n

This is a reminder for Barcelona that they will have to move quickly and try to wrap up a deal for the Argentine forward.<\/p>\n

If a move for him is not possible, it could leave them without many options for a new number nine, and it remains to be seen how Deco handles this situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have one major squad problem to sort out this summer. The Catalan club need to find a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,4389,22983],"class_list":["post-58559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-fisnik-asllani","tag-hoffenheim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58559","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=58559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}