{"id":190957,"date":"2024-06-19T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/19\/emerging-barcelona-star-responds-to-shock-man-utd-transfer-link\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:48:58","slug":"emerging-barcelona-star-responds-to-shock-man-utd-transfer-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/19\/emerging-barcelona-star-responds-to-shock-man-utd-transfer-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Barcelona star responds to shock Man Utd transfer link \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Fermin Lopez says he would like to stay at Barcelona despite reported\u00a0transfer\u00a0interest from<br \/>Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lopez made an important step up into Barcelona\u2019s first-team during the 2023\/24 season, contributing 11 goals and one assist in 42 matches.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was rewarded with a maiden Spain call-up prior to this summer\u2019s European Championships and was named in their final squad heading to Germany. He made his debut for La Roja in a warm-up game with Andorra but is yet to make an appearance at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Catalan outlet\u00a0<em>SPORT<\/em>\u00a0claimed earlier this week that Lopez\u2019s performances had drawn the attention of United, who\u00a0offered \u00a325.4m (\u20ac30m) to sign him, but in an interview with\u00a0<em>Mundo Deportivo<\/em>, Lopez reaffirmed his commitment to Barcelona and responded to claims that he will be offered a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope [a contract renewal] can happen,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cFor me, Barca is the dream that I have had since I was little and now I can fulfil it. I hope I can spend many years at Barca.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01j0r2hdmhzbry28d3jc.jpg\" alt=\"Fermin Lopez\" title=\"Fermin Lopez\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Lopez is with Spain at Euro 2024 \/ Fran Santiago\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Barcelona\u00a0aren\u2019t thought to be interested in selling up and knocked back the bid from United, maintaining it would take an enormous sum for them to even consider giving up on the academy product.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Champions League winners are preparing to usher in a new era, after replacing legendary midfielder and 2022\/23 La Liga title winner Xavi with former Bayern Munich and Germany boss Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi departed in May despite previously reversing his decision to resign, amid ongoing tension and behind the scenes disagreements with club president Joan Laporta.<\/p>\n<p>When asked for his thoughts about Flick\u2019s appointment, Lopez replied: \u201cI personally haven\u2019t met him yet. From some of the teams I have seen of him, I think he is a great coach and he will surely help us win titles this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fermin Lopez says he would like to stay at Barcelona despite reported\u00a0transfer\u00a0interest fromManchester United. Lopez made an important step up into Barcelona\u2019s first-team during the 2023\/24 season, contributing 11 goals and one assist in 42 matches. The 21-year-old was rewarded with a maiden Spain call-up prior to this summer\u2019s European Championships and was named in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Emerging Barcelona star responds to shock Man Utd transfer link \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/19\/emerging-barcelona-star-responds-to-shock-man-utd-transfer-link\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Emerging Barcelona star responds to shock Man Utd transfer link \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fermin Lopez says he would like to stay at Barcelona despite reported\u00a0transfer\u00a0interest fromManchester United. 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