{"id":72213,"date":"2026-08-18T16:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72213\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:46:25","slug":"real-betis-defender-addresses-future-amid-barcelona-transfer-links-im-happy-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72213\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Betis defender addresses future amid Barcelona transfer links: ‘I’m happy here’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the loan departure of Ronald Araujo, it was repored that FC Barcelona will enter the market for a new defender.<\/p>\n

The Blaugrana, led by sporting director Deco and manager Hansi Flick, were understood to be looking for a left-footed centre-back, giving ways to links with several names.<\/p>\n

While Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Club was touted as a key target, another name on the La Liga champions\u2019 radars was Natan of Real Betis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Natan addresses future<\/p>\n

Natan was expected to be one of the main figures in Real Betis\u2019 transfer window, but so far his prominence has come more from rumours than concrete offers. <\/p>\n

Los Verdiblancos have not received the bids they were expecting for the Brazilian, although his name continues to circulate in the market, especially with Barcelona, with his agent, Andre Cury, even admitting contacts with the Catalans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NatanNatan is on Barcelona\u2019s radar. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

That, combined with Betis\u2019 need to create salary-cap space through a major sale, has kept Natan\u2019s name in the headlines.<\/p>\n

But Natan has now decided to send a clear message to everyone about his future. <\/p>\n

Speaking after Betis\u2019 training session on Tuesday, he said (h\/t AS<\/a>): \u201cI have a contract with Betis and I\u2019m happy here, I want to make that clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

As mentioned previously, The rumours were recently fuelled by his own representative, who confirmed Barcelona\u2019s interest while also making clear that no offer had been submitted.<\/p>\n

Natan\u2019s value could rise <\/p>\n

Natan will be able to begin the paperwork for Spanish citizenship in a couple of months. Obtaining an EU passport would increase his value in the transfer market.<\/p>\n

Betis had valued Natan at \u20ac30 million, but the expected offers have not arrived. <\/p>\n

\"NatanNatan insists he is happy at Betis. (Photo by Fran Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Barcelona are keeping an eye on the potential signing of another centre-back following Araujo\u2019s departure, and although the Brazilian defender has been admired by the Catalan club for some time, no move has materialised.<\/p>\n

For now, the defensive signing is not seen as a priority by Deco and Flick, with their full focus on closing a deal for a new striker, with Julian Alvarez being the primary target.<\/p>\n

Once the No. 9 situation is sorted, the Blaugrana could revisit their pursuit of a left-footed defender, with Natan among the names admired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the loan departure of Ronald Araujo, it was repored that FC Barcelona will enter the market for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,1641,1139],"class_list":["post-72213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-natan","tag-real-betis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72213","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=72213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}