Chelsea enters race to sign Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo: What this means for the Uruguayan’s future

The future of Ronald Araujo continues to give something to talk about. At FC Barcelona, ​​there are not a few who are still keeping an eye on the situation of the Uruguayan defender, who has a valid contract with the Barça club until 2026 but without having made considerable progress in renewing it. A ‘stand by’ that is already lasting several months is not going unnoticed in the market and the Chelsea has entered the scene to try to sign the 25-year-old Uruguayan centre-back.

The London club, sixth classified in the recently concluded Premier Leaguewill dispute the Conference League next season or Europa League If Manchester United wins the FA Cup this Saturday (4 p.m./DAZN) against the Manchester City. In Stamford Bridge announced on Tuesday that Mauricio Pochettino He will not be the coach next season but Chelsea has already transmitted an offer to Araujo whoever the Argentine’s successor is on the ‘blue’ bench. The 2021 European champion is looking for a top replacement Thiago Silva, who announced his departure at the end of April after four campaigns in the entity. Despite his 39 years, the Brazilian has been an indisputable piece in the defense of the Chelsea coming to play 31 league games, 28 of them in the starting eleven.

[+] Araujo was the protagonist yesterday of a surprise for children from the Barça Academy.

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The participants had traveled from Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to participate in training sessions

That is why in southwest London they do not want to improvise in defense in what will be the second consecutive season without participating in the Champions League. In June 2025 they will be in the first Club World Cup of 32 teams. He Chelsea consider that Araujo He is already prepared to lead the rearguard and knows perfectly well that he is not alone in the bid for the Uruguayan international, who will participate in the United States Copa America starting June 20. He Bayern Munich already made a strong offensive in the winter market without Araujowho came to speak with Thomas Tuchel before Christmas, will accept the jump to Bundesliga. He Barça He has it on his non-transferable list but the scenario could change depending on the money that could end up appearing on the table and the positioning of Araujo.

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In Barcelona There were movements in February and March to make the offer clear to Araujo to extend a contract in force since April 2022 with a termination clause of 1,000 million euros. The president himself John Laporta He personally made sure that the proposal reached the player directly without intermediaries but everything remains the same and the ‘big boys’ of Europe are moving for a highly sought-after centre-back.

2024-05-23 06:22:10
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