SPORT revealed that Barca could part ways with centre-back Ronald Araujo this summer.

The Blaugrana are said to have made no progress in contract negotiations with Ronald Araujo in recent times and they have no plans to improve their previous contract extension offer.

Araujo is now in the final two years of his contract and has been linked with Man Utd . SPORT revealed that Barca would need £75m to sign the Uruguayan.

It is entirely possible that Man Utd will spend a lot of money on a centre-back this summer because they have lost two centre-backs, Raphaël Varane and Jonny Evans, while Lisandro Martínez is a defender who is quite susceptible to injury.

On the other hand, Barca needs money to reinvest this summer. Araujo is the most valuable player that the Catalan team can sell on the market. Barca’s ambition is still to keep Araujo. However, if they cannot extend his contract, Barca’s board of directors needs to sell him this summer to optimize the transfer fee.

Man Utd wants to recruit Barcelona rookie worth €31 million this summer

According to Mundo Deportivo, the Red Devils are looking to recruit the player who only moved to Camp Nou in January.

In the January transfer window, Barcelona spent 30 million euros plus 31 million euros in additional fees to bring potential attacking star Vitor Roque to Camp Nou.

The Brazilian star promised to become the new goalscorer at Camp Nou. However, things did not go as he expected when coach Xavi continued to use Robert Lewandowski as a striker.

Barca have not decided on Roque’s future.

Roque only started twice in La Liga last season and speculation about the former Athletico-PR talent’s future has been rife. Although Hansi Flick has been appointed as Xavi’s replacement, he has yet to make any concrete plans for the promising striker.

Some speculation in Spain suggests that Barca want Roque to leave the club on loan to develop himself. And that move has attracted interest from Manchester United.

The Old Trafford team needed a plan to share the scoring responsibility with Rasmus Hojlund in the new season. Therefore, they decided to put Roque in their sights.

Mundo Deportivo reports that the Red Devils have contacted Vitor Roque’s representatives to assess a possible summer transfer. The newspaper did not mention a price, but if Man Utd want to buy Roque instead of loaning him out, Barca will offer more than the 40 million euros they paid for the Samba star.