Barcelona President Opens Up About Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandoski And Raphinha

President of Barcelona, Joan Laporta. (Photo: Instagram @jlaportaoficial)

JAKARTA - Barcelona is believed to be busy in the transfer market next summer. A number of names have been associated with the Catalan club.

The most widely reported is the striker belonging to Borussia Dortmund, Erling Haaland. In fact, reportedly, Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has met with Haaland's father.

In an interview with RAC1, Laporta was asked to choose between Haaland and Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain). So what's the answer?

"I will choose players who show their desire to play for Barcelona. If they come, there will be a salary limitation," Laporta said, as reported by El Mundo Deportivo.

Media in Spain reported that Barcelona had prepared alternative candidates in case the mission to bring Haaland failed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) came to the fore.

"They are good players, they say they want to go to Barcelona and not to another club, that's why they talk about Barcelona," said Laporta.

"I'm not going to be specific, because if there is a statement, it will complicate the work and responsibility of the technical team," he continued.

Laporta then spoke about the possibility of swapping Antoine Griezmann for Ateltico Madrid's Joao Felix. He stated, there is a possibility to do that, but there is no agreement so far.

"I like Joao Fellux, really like him. Options? I'm not going to talk about it," replied Laporta.

Finally, Laporta talked about the possibility of the Blaugrana signing Leeds United player, Raphinha. The president gave a signal that he would sign the Brazilian.

"He is a great player, a versatile right-winger. We have a good report from Deco. He does his job and gives us details so we don't make mistakes."