Joan Laporta wants to pay 40M for a second division winger

Barça keeps combing the market in search of a good, attractive, and cheap winger capable of making a difference. Hansi Flick is aware that Lamine Yamal and Raphinha need to rest much more often in order to arrive fresh at the decisive stretch of the season. For that purpose Joan Laporta authorized the arrivals of Rashford and Bardghji, who are delivering great performances, but they are not enough.

Joan Laporta is not entirely convinced by the defensive commitment shown by Rashford to trigger his purchase clause, set at 30 million. In Bardghji's case, the Swede is still a bet for the future and is still far too raw to carry the team on his back. That's why the president has ordered Deco to follow Flick's instructions and to keep looking for the ideal candidate to complement Raphinha and Lamine Yamal.

Joan Laporta already has a list of candidates

Barça's board has been studying options for months such as Said El Mala, Eliesse Ben Seghir, or Antonio Nusa. They all fit the profile Flick is looking for: fast, unbalancing wingers with room to grow without breaking the squad's wage balance. The objective is to bring in young talent before they explode and the price skyrockets.

But a new name has appeared on that list that surprises many, because he doesn't play in a major European league. Joan Laporta, however, doesn't lose sight of one of the sensations of LaLiga Hypermotion. And that player is the star of the competition: Yeremay Hernández.

Yeremay wins over Joan Laporta

Yeremay has become the great reference of a historic club like Deportivo de La Coruña at just 23 years old. His numbers already speak for themselves: 7 goals and 5 assists, with a constant impact from the wing. But beyond the figures, what has truly won over Joan Laporta are the impressions he leaves match after match and his persistence in taking on defenders again and again.

Yeremay  shows match after match that the Second Division is too small for him. He has one-on-one ability, power, personality, and an attacking understanding that is unusual for the category. Above all, he conveys that idea that big clubs like: that he is ready to make the leap without fear.

He has not lacked offers, but before leaving he wants to take the team of his life back to the top tier of Spanish soccer. That ambition also earns points in Barça's offices, where they value a competitive mentality very highly. That is where Joan Laporta appears, ready to pay the 40 million of his clause to take Yeremay  out of Riazor.