Matteo Moretto Transfer Column: Ferland Mendy, Xavi Hernandez future and Dani Olmo
Matteo Moretto gives Football España exclusive information on the latest deals dominating the papers in Spain, as revealed in Fabrizio Romano’s Daily Briefing.
Ferland Mendy has been linked with an exit from Real Madrid, but it’s worth pointing out that Carlo Ancelotti likes Mendy a lot. He would not be opposed at all to Mendy staying.
Looking at it from a squad planning point of view, if Alphonso Davies arrives, then maybe you have to sell one of him or Fran Garcia. Between the two of them, Mendy is the one that has more interest, more teams asking about him, so you get an idea of the situation.
In France it came out that Bayern Munich might want Mendy in a swap for Davies – I cannot confirm nor deny that at the moment, but it is true that Mendy’s future could be linked to that of Davies. Clearly, Davies would sign to start at Real Madrid, but Mendy would be a starter at many clubs in Europe, and perhaps as a result he will end up looking for an exit.
What I’ve been told is that Barcelona have set a meeting with Xavi to discuss his future for this Wednesday, between the coach and the hierarchy. Now they could postpone that, but that’s when it is set for at the time of writing. In theory, Wednesday will be an important day regarding a decision.
People close to Xavi continue to tell me that the matter has not changed as things stand, and his plan is to leave at the end of the season. They will talk to see if there’s a way to change that on Wednesday. Barcelona are very confident that they can change his mind. President Joan Laporta is convinced that he can turn the situation around.
Xavi has a year left on his deal with Barcelona, and if Xavi does confirm his decision to leave, it looks like he will not coach again until his
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