{"id":87649,"date":"2025-07-24T03:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87649\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T03:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:44:12","slug":"just-in-as-roma-set-sights-on-barcelona-midfield-gem-real-betis-also-keen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87649\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in &#8211; AS Roma set sights on Barcelona midfield gem; Real Betis also keen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After having his debut season get cut short by a gruesome ACL injury, Barcelona youngster Marc Bernal is fit again and has been working hard in pre-season.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old gem was one of the revelations of the pre-season last summer and soon embedded himself into the starting XI under Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n<p>However, an ACL injury in only his third competitive appearance for the first team ended his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Now, having worked through his rehabilitation, Bernal is fit again and is raring to go. However, it appears that the La Masia gem has found admirers in the ongoing transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>AS Roma interested in Bernal<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1948084487557980505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a>, AS Roma have taken a keen interest in signing Marc Bernal from Barcelona this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Giallorossi, headed by new manager Gian Piero Gasperini, are looking to strengthen their options in the centre of the park and have turned their attention to the 18-year-old La Masia jewel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rayo-vallecano-v-fc-barcelona-la-liga-ea-sports-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Bernal\" class=\"wp-image-166331\"  \/>On Roma\u2019s radar. (Photo by Denis Doyle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The report even goes as far as saying that contacts have already been made between the two clubs to explore the possibility of a transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, closer to home, Real Betis are also said to be interested in signing Bernal from Barcelona this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rumours, it would be safe to assume that Barcelona will not sell the young midfield rising star in the ongoing window.<\/p>\n<p>Seen as one of the key pieces of Flick\u2019s setup, Bernal is expected to have a big role in the team once he is <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-youngsters-reintegration-after-long-term-absence-will-follow-the-gavi-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eased back into action and recovers his full rhythm<\/a> after almost a year out of action.<\/p>\n<p>Bernal, who turned 18 in May this year, has already agreed to a new long-term contract with Barcelona, with <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-soon-expected-to-renew-the-contract-of-midfield-prodigy-until-2029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the official signing the only thing pending<\/a>. So, there is simply no way an exit can materialise this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After having his debut season get cut short by a gruesome ACL injury, Barcelona youngster Marc Bernal is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6427,1386,4444,5727,58841,4729,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-87649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-as-roma","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-barcelona-news","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-marc-bernal","13":"tag-real-betis","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114906153977082021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}