Barcelona Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Federico Bernardeschi, Alen Halilovic

Barcelona will reportedly have to fight competition from the Premier League and Serie A if they’re to have any luck in signing Fiorentina winger Federico Bernardeschi. Meanwhile, former Barca starlet Alen Halilovic has requested to leave Hamburg.

According to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t Daily Star’s James Benson), Fiorentina value their forward at a hefty £43 million, with Chelsea and AC Milan said to be among his biggest suitors.

Barcelona are one of the clubs mentioned in the report as being linked with a move for Bernardeschi, who has established himself as one of Serie A’s most coveted young players following a breakout 2015-16 campaign.

However, there are other factors at play in Florence that may convince Fiorentina to double down in their efforts to get Bernardeschi to sign a new deal at the club, per Gianluca Di Marzio reporter David Amoyal:

If Kalinic leaves for China, Fiorentina will have even more incentive to keep Bernardeschi and push to bring back Jovetic

— David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) December 26, 2016

Italian daily …

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