Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that the Barcelona technical staff is looking at making a bid for Porto central defender and Portuguese international Bruno Alves (26).
Former player Washington, the Brazilian father and manager of Alves, says that he didn't hear anything official from Barcelona but that he's aware of the interest: "It's not a secret that several Barcelona scouts are following my son and have been watching him in several games."
Washington, who confirms the interest of Atlético Madrid, thinks that his son is ready for a transfer to a European top club and is convinced that Porto would let him go if a good offer comes in.
The manager suggests that the buyout fee could well be 30 million euro°: "I am not authorized to reveal this information to the public. But this price has been published by different Portuguese media who are generally well-informed about matters concerning Porto."
Catalan sport paper Sport meanwhile claims that Guardiola is using his contacts in Italy in the search for two central defenders.
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° 30 million euro =
50 million us dollar
25 million british pound
I guess if you can't get one 'Alves' just switch to another. This of course being the "less famous" of the Alves' avaialable. In the coming weeks look for Barcelona to get in contact with the agents for Afonso Alves, Orestes Junior Alves, Luciano Amaral da Silva Alves and Elias Alves da Silva. As Laporta quoted from El Mundo Deportivo confirmed, "We're going to get "Alves" one way or another!"
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