Chelsea and Barcelona have been involved in transfer triangle this summer, and the Blaugrana have seemingly emerged winners for now.
Barcelona signed Andreas Christensen on a free transfer, and beat Chelsea to the signing of Raphinha and also Robert Lewandowski who was linked with the Blues.
With Chelsea leading the race for Sevilla defender Jules Kounde, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has now warned that the club is going to focus on the defence next.
As quoted by Marca, Laporta said: “We want to make a competitive team, give Xavi the tools to have a good team and I think we are on the right track.
There was a time when the Portuguese star man was highly sought after by clubs and even wished for, but in the twilight of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo is facing multiple rejections.
The Bayern Munich CEO and even members of the club's hierarchy spoke out against signing the forward, and manager Thomas Tuchel vehemently denied the reported move to Chelsea.
It's a complicated issue for French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), as it has been revealed that what prevented the Ligue 1 club from bringing Ronaldo and Messi together was the arrival of another player.
Hugo Ekitike, according to Sky Sports News reporter Dhamesh Sheth, is said to be a key player in new manager Christopher Gaultier's system.
I don't think that would work right now. PSG is attempting to conduct business in a new manner, and they have recently signed Hugo Ekitike." He stated.
"We spoke with European football expert Tom Williams on the Transfer Talk podcast, and he said that Christophe Galtier, the new PSG manager, wants to play a 3-5-2, with Kylian Mbappe up front and someone else." Is that man, Ronaldo, when you look at it like that?
We assumed Ekitike was only going there as a squad player, but if Gaultier wants to play two up front with a partner for Mbappe, Ekitike could get his chance right away.
I think a lot of people would want to see those two play together, but it's late in their careers, and Ronaldo might have gone to PSG a year or two ago when they were doing things a little differently, according to Sheth.
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