Recently, the press is actively discussing the issue of the transfer of Verrati to Barcelona. There was information that the Catalans even agreed with the Italian terms of personal contract.

As reported by AS, blue-pomegranates are now developing a contingency plan. So, if the Spaniards still fail to complete the transfer of Verrati, they will turn their eyes to midfielder Atletico Saul.

In Barcelona, ??realize that this transfer will be difficult because of the ban on FIFA for Atletico to register new players. Nevertheless, in case of failure with Verrati, blaugranas will necessarily resort to this option.

In the past season, Saul, 22, spent 53 matches for Matrasnikov in all tournaments, scored 9 goals and gave 4 assists.