FC Barcelona | Leeds win the race for Ilias Akhomach

The agreement with the English team will close in the next few hours

Arsenal, Milan and Seville were also interested in the Catalan

If there are no already unforeseen changes, Ilias Akhomach will play for Leeds for the next few seasons. The striker’s contract expires on June 30 and after failing to reach a renewal agreement with Barça, although it would have been his wish, he will close his future with the English club in the next few hours.

There are several teams that have shown strong interest in Ilias Akhomach, including another from the Premier League, Arsenal. Italian Milan and Sevilla also bid to gain the services of the winger, but in the end the game would have been won by Leeds and their project.

The club whose coach is Javi Gracia and Victor Orta As a sports director, he gives youngsters a lot of confidence and is putting together an interesting sports project, although at the expense of maintaining the category in the Premier League. Currently, he is fifth from bottom with just two cushion points. But his intentions go beyond the category.

Title in Xavi’s debut

Ilias Akhomach, who even started Xavi Hernández’s first match as FC Barcelona coach, has not managed to continue in the elite. This season he has played in the reserve team but with a youth number, although he has not played as a starter with the team coached by Rafa Márquez since January 7, in the draw (1-1) against UD Logroñés.

In the last game for the blaugranas, the 3-0 victory against SD Logroñés, Ilias Akhomach was left on the bench without minutes.

The Barça club will not be left empty with the departure of Ilias and the formula for it to be so is just being agreed. The striker has always expressed his feeling for Barcelona, ​​but the lack of opportunities and an attractive proposal that is consistent with renewal lead to a change of scenery. Leeds have bet heavily on the skilful winger.