Barcelona vice president Rafa Yuste has admitted that completing a deal for Erling Haaland this summer will be 'very, very difficult'.
Haaland's incredible rise has continued this season despite several injury blows with the striker averaging a goal per game in all competitions for Borussia Dortmund.
He is widely expected to leave BVB this summer when a €75m (£63m) release clause in his contract kicks in, although reports in Germany did recently report that interested clubs would need to trigger this option before the end of April.
90min understands that there are several sides in the running to sign Haaland with Real Madrid and Man City the current frontrunners. However, Bayern Munich remain interested too with Robert Lewandowski's future far from certain.
Another potential destination is Barcelona. The club are in the midst of a squad rebuild and would love to have Haaland on board - but there remain doubts over how they would finance a deal.
Vice president Yuste has done little to dispel this uncertainty in a recent interview either.
"I can’t say that the deal is off as you never know in football - but it’s very, very difficult," he told Marca.
"We won’t proceed with any deal that would create problems to our financial situation."
Although the Haaland transfer looks increasingly unlikely, Barça will definitely have a few new faces in their squad next season. 90min understands the Blaugrana are hoping to announce the free transfers of Andreas Christensen, Franck Kessie and Noussair Mazraoui this month, while a deal for Cesar Azpilicueta is also on the cards.
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Source : 90min