Barcelona Hope To Wrap Up Triple Deal
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Barcelona hope to complete the signings of Daniel Alves, Martín Cáceres and Aleksandr Hleb this week to avoid a summer soap opera of predictions in the media.
The Blaugrana want to avoid the annual guessing game played out in the press and instead intend to press ahead and secure the services of the trio as quickly as possible.
According to Sport, Barça expect to have to pay Sevilla €32m for Alves, while both Cáceres and Hleb will set the Catalan club back €15m each from Villarreal and Arsenal respectively.
Alves will be the most difficult situation to deal with because the player is currently away with the Brazil national team until later this month.
Added that is the fact that Sevilla president José Maria del Nido is not prepared to let the full-back go on the cheap and will keep pushing the price while he knows that there are interested parties.
Cáceres' situation is also capable of turning in to a drawn out saga because Villarreal only own 50 per cent of his rights and are demanding a fee that will see them earn enough to buy a replacement.
The player himself has made it clear that if the chance came to move to Camp Nou it would be very difficult to resist, but has not ruled out remaining at El Madrigal for a season.
Hleb's move appears imminent with the Belorussian star having appeared to have finished his time at Arsenal and is now just waiting for a transfer to be finalised.
After stating that he wants to leave the Gunners to win medals, a switch to Barça is now his favourite option according to reports and talks are ongoing.
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
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Hleb is the one I don't want. I'd rather pay the extra 3-5m euros for Silva.