{"id":71723,"date":"2026-08-17T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71723\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T15:23:18","slug":"exciting-reaction-spains-star-sends-a-signal-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71723\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting reaction: Spain’s star sends a signal to Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona have been busy in recent hours, wrapping up deals for Joao Cancelo and Rodri, two operations that forced the management to accelerate their planning for the new season.<\/p>\n

While the Barcelona faithful celebrate a pair of heavyweight signings, Athletic Bilbao defender Aymeric Laporte has drawn attention with an act that did not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Sport newspaper<\/a> report that Laporte put a “like” on Instagram on a post by transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano relating to the moves of Cancelo and Rodri to Barcelona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The interaction confirms nothing. But it has reignited speculation about the future of the Spain international defender and once again linked his name with a possible move to Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Barca’s interest in Laporte is nothing new. The left-footed defender, 32, was one of Spain’s standout stars at the 2026 World Cup, forming a partnership alongside Pau Cubarsi that proved decisive in the crowning of La Roja.<\/p>\n

That relationship caught Barcelona’s eye. The Catalan club are searching for an experienced left-footed defender who can bring competition, experience and leadership to the heart of the defence, and Laporte’s attributes fit the criteria set by Deco.<\/p>\n

The operation, though, is not as simple as some initial reports suggested. During the first weeks of the transfer window, word spread that Laporte carried a release clause approaching 15 million euros.<\/p>\n

Athletic Bilbao were quick to deny that figure, explaining they have no intention of facilitating the departure of one of their important players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona have been busy in recent hours, wrapping up deals for Joao Cancelo and Rodri, two operations that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23925,1822,92,85,17,265],"class_list":["post-71723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-a-laporte","tag-athletic-bilbao","tag-barcelona","tag-laliga","tag-spain","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71723","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=71723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}