{"id":2800,"date":"2026-04-06T09:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:09:04","slug":"arsenal-advances-to-sign-barcelona-player-gunners-try-to-exploit-situation-at-camp-nou-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=2800","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal advances to sign Barcelona player \u2013 Gunners try to exploit situation at Camp Nou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal target Dani Olmo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-575466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.sportwitness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daniolmo-681x454.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arsenal have made an attempt to bring Barcelona\u2019s Dani Olmo to the Premier League. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City looked at him last summer as Pep Guardiola is a fan of the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Olmo\u2019s agent Andy Bara said he isn\u2019t thinking about leaving Barcelona but <em>\u201cyou never know what the future will bring\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and a few other clubs have come forward to try and sign the attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to the Camp Nou from RB Leipzig in August 2024 in a deal around \u20ac60m and managed 20 goals and 15 assists from 78 matches of which eight goals and eight assists are from this season.<\/p>\n<p>His La Liga stats this season are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Appearances: 25<\/li>\n<li>Starts: 18<\/li>\n<li>Total minutes: 1,605<\/li>\n<li>Goals: 7<\/li>\n<li>Assists: 7<\/li>\n<li>Big chances created: 9<\/li>\n<li>Big chances missed: 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Arsenal and Saudi attempts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A \u2018confidential\u2019 report from <a href=\"http:\/\/sport.es\">Sport<\/a> covers interest from Mikel Arteta\u2019s side and other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper mainly focuses on Al-Qadsiah FC\u2019s concrete efforts to bring Dani Olmo to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>A month and a half ago, Brendan Rodgers\u2019 side made a tempting offer that was almost impossible to refuse.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal included a four-year deal worth \u20ac9.5m net per year and the Middle East club were even prepared to offer \u20ac60m to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>However, the deal didn\u2019t take shape only because the Spain international had refused to leave the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>Sport then points it\u2019s not just Saudi Arabia, as the player also turned down Arsenal and other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners tried to secure his services when Olmo wasn\u2019t enjoying regular minutes under Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n<p>Sport say it took place \u2018recently\u2019 without specifically mentioning the timeline when Arsenal tried to exploit his situation at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it won\u2019t matter because the player rejected the north London club and others advances as he\u2019s only thinking about succeeding at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Contract, value and agent info<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dani Olmo has a contract until 2030, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/dani-olmo\/profil\/spieler\/293385\">Transfer market<\/a> value him at \u20ac60m. It has been the same since he returned to Barcelona in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid based agency Niagara Sports Company, led by Andy Bara, represent the Barcelona star.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal or another club may only be able to sign him in the summer if the La Liga winners were to force Olmo out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal tracking Lucca Marques<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f 18-year-old\u2019s rapid rise catches attention<br \/>\u26bd\ufe0f Youngest in S\u00e3o Paulo history to score in Copa Libertadores<br \/>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Borussia Dortmund also interested<br \/>\u27a1\ufe0f Gunners could make formal offer in summer<a href=\"\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/afc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#afc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bvb?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bvb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sport_Witness\/status\/2040085709097214122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have made an attempt to bring Barcelona\u2019s Dani Olmo to the Premier League. Manchester City looked at him last summer as Pep Guardiola is a fan of the 27-year-old. At that time, Olmo\u2019s agent Andy Bara said he isn\u2019t thinking about leaving Barcelona but \u201cyou never know what the future will bring\u201d. Arsenal and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}