Sources: Barça eye backup for Yamal, Raphinha

Barcelona are eyeing a cardinal defender, a full-back and a near winger this summertime arsenic they effort to spell 1 measurement further successful the Champions League adjacent season, sources person told ESPN.

Barça request 2 points from their last games to triumph LaLiga and implicit a home treble, but they came up abbreviated successful the Champions League, losing to Inter Milan successful the semifinal past week.

There remains uncertainty astir however overmuch concern the nine volition bash successful the disconnected play owed to continued fiscal restrictions, but sources accidental determination is an anticipation immoderate players volition permission to alteration concern elsewhere.

Sporting manager Deco and his squad person drawn up respective plans for each presumption depending connected the magnitude of wealth which is disposable this summer.

Sources said the concern is fluid and determination are nary steadfast candidates for immoderate of the roles yet, with erstwhile targets specified arsenic Marcus Rashford, Nico Williams and Luis Díaz not ruled out.

Speaking to ESPN this week, Deco confirmed Barça could look to motion a winger this summer, saying that determination had abruptly go a dependency connected Lamine Yamal and Raphinha.

Barça were keen connected Manchester United guardant Rashford successful January, earlier his indebtedness to Aston Villa, portion the Catalan nine explored a determination for Athletic Club's Williams past year.

Liverpool's Díaz is besides a subordinate who Barça person followed for a while, though caller reports suggest the Colombia planetary could motion a caller woody with the Premier League club.

In defence, Barça were successful talks with Jonathan Tah, who is leaving Bayer Leverkusen erstwhile his declaration expires adjacent month, but they person taken a measurement backmost successful caller months, with Bayern Munich expected to motion the German international.

Barça are presently good stocked astatine centre-back, with Pau Cubarsí, Iñigo Martínez, Ronald Araújo, Andreas Christensen and Eric García each options, but a root told ESPN exits are expected, which is wherefore different defender is wanted.

Meanwhile, Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde person done good successful the full-back positions this season, but Barça are alert it's an country wherever they person a deficiency of depth.

ESPN person antecedently revealed that Almería's Marc Pubill and Rayo Vallecano's Andrei Rațiu person been tracked.

Barça volition measurement up their readying for the summertime erstwhile they wrapper up the LaLiga title, which could travel arsenic aboriginal arsenic Wednesday if Real Madrid driblet points against Mallorca.

Failing that, Hansi Flick's broadside volition person the accidental to triumph the league connected Thursday by winning distant astatine metropolis rivals Espanyol.

When Barça past won the league, nether Xavi Hernández successful 2023, they besides did truthful astatine Espanyol, prompting aggravated location supporters to storm the transportation and chopped abbreviated the Barça players' celebrations.

Flick insists he's not reasoning astir a repetition of that situation, firstly saying that the occupation is not yet done and past that they volition "do the close thing" if they erstwhile again find themselves celebrating successful the location of their neighbours.

"Of people I cognize what happened past time, I saw it connected the television," Flick said successful a quality league connected Wednesday.

"For me, it has to bash with respect. First of all, we person to combat for the 3 points. I deliberation past we volition bash the close thing.

"It's a derby, Espanyol did a bully occupation successful the 2nd portion of the season. They person a wide benignant however they privation to play.

"For us, it's important we amusement we are focused. It indispensable beryllium wide from the opening that we privation to triumph 3 points."