Barcelona set to beat Chelsea to the £25m signing of Arda Turan... despite the fact they won't be able to play him until 2016- Turkey international Arda Turan is set to sign for Barcelona
- Chelsea were keen on the Atletico Madrid star
- Turan won't be able to play for Barcelona until 2016 due to a transfer ban
Barcelona are confident of beating Chelsea to the signing of Arda Turan with the player expected to complete the £25million move as soon as personal terms are finalised.Barca coach Luis Enrique requested the 28-year-old Atletico Madrid midfielder be signed before he went on holiday.It now seems that when he returns to begin pre-season training the captain of the Turkey national side will be under his orders although he will not be able to play for Barca in an official match until 2016 because of their FIFA-imposed ban on registering players.
Turan’s willingness to give up five months of football is not the only extraordinary thing about the transfer.
He had an indifferent season last year and neither his age nor his price appear particularly appealing but although the prospect of his switch to the Nou Camp has raised eyebrows among someBarca supporters it seems Luis Enrique sees something in the fiery playmaker who last year through his boot at a linesman in a cup defeat against Barcelona.
With Barca currently being run by a temporary board until elections on July 18 the deal may still have to wait for a new president to be named before it can officially be rubber-stamped.
Last season’s president Josep Bartomeu appears to have been behind the transfer – giving his manager Luis Enrique what he told him he wanted when he signed his contract extension at the end of last season
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又坐到2016?
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