With the switch deadline day looming, FC Barcelona are making some last-minute strikes out there.
After securing a deal to signal Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal over the weekend, the Catalans at the moment are closing in on the seize of teenage defender Mikael Baza.
Certainly, as first reported by Florian Plettenberg of Sky Germany, Barcelona have reached an entire settlement with Hamburg for the signing of the 16-year-old defensive prodigy.
Fabrizio Romano has corroborated the information as effectively, giving his trademark ‘Right here we go’ seal of approval for the deal.
🚨🔵🔴 Barcelona have accomplished deal to signal 16 yr outdated defender Mikael Baza from HSV Hamburg for Barça Atletic.
The deal has been led by agent Pini Zahavi.
Jonathan Tah’s cousin will signal a 3 yr deal till June 2029, as @SkySportDE reported. pic.twitter.com/megftkP4bv
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 31, 2026
Medicals tomorrow
As per Plettenberg, Baza will develop into part of the Barça Atletic setup whereas additionally taking part in with the Juvenil A crew, with the view of growing inside the membership earlier than a first-team breakthough.
The cousin of Bayern Munich centre-back and former Barcelona goal, the teenage defender will signal a three-year contract with the La Liga champions till 2029.
If every part goes in accordance with plan, the 16-year-old German wonderkid will full his medicals with the Blaugrana on Tuesday earlier than the deal is made official.
Hansi Flick’s function within the deal
As reported earlier, supervisor Hansi Flick is known to have performed an vital function within the deal for Baza.
{The teenager} had been on the German tactician’s radar for some time now time, due to his connections inside the German youth nationwide crew setup.
By way of that community, the Barcelona head coach intervened on to cease Baza from signing for Juventus, earlier than pushing the Blaugrana to step up their efforts to signal him.
Hamburg had been understood to be holding out for €250,000 plus add-ons for the teenager, and Barcelona had been making an attempt to agree a decrease payment. The ultimate particulars of the operation are awaited, however an settlement has now been reached.
This might be one other signing made with an eye fixed on the longer term, just like the offers that Barcelona secured for skills like Hamza Abdelkarim, Juwensley Onstein, and Ajay Tavares throughout the January switch window.
A left-footed centre-back, Baza might be built-in into the Catalans’ youth and reserve-team setups and won’t be part of the senior squad, which means that he’s not the younger defender that Deco & co. are working to signal.
