Barcelona will finally say goodbye to Iliax Moriba, report this marca and Fabrizio Romano. The Catalans have reached an agreement with RB Leipzig about the immediate transfer of the eighteen-year-old midfielder, who did not want to sign. The fixed transfer fee is according to marca fifteen million euros and can rise to twenty million euros via bonuses. Moriba will sign for five years.
Moriba had already set his sights on a transfer to Leipzig for some time and reached a personal agreement weeks ago. Tottenham Hotspur was mentioned in some media but was not in the race, according to Romano. Moriba has permission from Barcelona to travel to Leipzig, where his medical examination is already scheduled. He is expected to be presented on Tuesday.
Barcelona felt compelled to sell Moriba, a youth product of the club that made an impressive breakthrough under Ronald Koeman last year. Moriba does not want to renew his expiring contract next year and this transfer window is Barcelona’s last chance to get a decent amount left over from the midfielder.
Moriba is brought in at RB Leipzig as a replacement for Marcel Sabitzer. The club captain also had a contract expiring next year and was sold to Bayern Munich for sixteen million euros. Moriba, who recently announced that he wanted to play for Guinea instead of Spain, is stranded in eighteen official games for Barca, in which he scored 1 goal and provided 3 assists.
Barcelona is also in the process of selling Emerson Royal, Fabrizio Romano wrote earlier on Monday afternoon. Far-reaching negotiations are underway with Tottenham Hotspur, which wants to pay €30 million for the 22-year-old right-back. Emerson played in the first three league games this season, two of which briefly as a substitute. Those were immediately all his matches in the Barcelona shirt.