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Barcelona want to provide the defense with new impulses next season and have their eye on Lucas Hernández, reports said. SPORT† The 26-year-old Frenchman can play as a central defender and as a left back and is therefore an interesting transfer target for the Catalans.

Hernandez’s name sings according to SPORT been around the Camp Nou for some time. Although Barcelona are aware that a possible transfer will be quite complicated due to the high transfer fee that Bayern paid for the defender in 2019. Hernandez left Atlético Madrid for no less than eighty million euros at the time of the Rekordmeister and also has a contract until mid-2024. Hernandez can count on a base place at Bayern, but the Catalan newspaper states that the Frenchman is not unwilling to return to Spain.

Thanks to his versatility, Hernandez is high on the shortlist of possible reinforcements during Barcelona’s summer transfer window. Jordi Alba has had no competition in left-back all season, while Samuel Umtiti and Clément Lenglet, the two left-footed centre-backs in the roster, are most likely to leave after this season. Talks with Bayern are expected to intensify in the coming weeks. Lewandowski has long been linked with a possible transfer to Barca.

True SPORT mentions Barcelona’s interest in Hernandez, let Mundo Deportivo On Wednesday we know that left back Alejandro Grimaldo can also count on serious interest from the Catalans. According to the Spanish newspaper, the management of the 26-year-old left-back of Benfica, who went through the Barcelona youth academy and reached the B-team of the Catalans, has already been contacted. Grimaldo is with Benfica until mid-2023, which means that a transfer fee will also have to be paid for him this summer.