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FC Barcelona has held separate meetings with the agents of first team stars Marc Bernal and Jules Kounde according to outlets such as SPORT and Jijantes, who cited anonymous sources.<\/p>\n
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FC Barcelona has held separate meetings with the agents of first team stars Marc Bernal<\/a> and Jules Kounde<\/a> according to outlets including SPORT<\/a> and Jijantes<\/a>, who cited anonymous sources.<\/p>\n SPORT explained that Raul Verdu and Fred Pena, who represent Bernal, headed to Bar\u00e7a headquarters at around 13:00 PM local time in Catalonia on Wednesday. <\/p>\n They met with its Sporting Director Deco and \u201cdirectly address the midfielder\u2019s situation\u201d.<\/p>\n At the time of publishing, Kounde\u2019s representative Jonathan Kebe had only recently been spotted arriving at the Joan Gamper CT, though you\u2019d think that discussing the Frenchman\u2019s predicament is at the top of the agenda rather than wasting time on tea and pleasantries.<\/p>\n Bernal has recently been the subject of interest from Aston Villa in the Premier League, and could also move down the pecking order with the expected arrival of fellow defensive midfielder Rodri.<\/p>\n The Manchester City star has already agreed to join the Catalans, who have had a first bid of a paltry $53 million (\u20ac46 million) knocked back but have verbally improved it<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the 2007 La Masia graduate that came up with Lamine Yamal, however, Bar\u00e7a wants to communicate that it has complete trust.<\/p>\n In short, Rodri rocking up at the Spotify Camp Nou doesn\u2019t change anything as per the club\u2019s plans with an all important player \u201cfrom the house\u201d, as they say locally.<\/p>\n Kounde\u2019s FC Barcelona future isn\u2019t as clear<\/p>\n With a contract that expires on June 30, 2030, it\u2019s highly doubtful that Kounde\u2019s agent has been called in for renewal talks.<\/p>\n The France international signed from Sevilla in 2022 has often attracted interest from the Premier League, where Ronald Araujo has just joined Liverpool<\/a> on loan.<\/p>\n