World Sports: Barcelona still pays attention to 16-year-old Varela, and will first determine Rashford’s future before deciding whether to buy him

October 14th Spanish media "World Deportivo" reported that Barcelona is still paying attention to Dinamo Zagreb star Varela and will decide whether to purchase Rashford after deciding on Rashford's future.

Reports pointed out that Barcelona tried to introduce Luis Dias and Nico Williams in the process of reinforcement this summer, but ultimately failed to make the move. In the end, the club chose to loan Manchester United's 27-year-old English forward Marcus Rashford. The new signing has had a bright start and has been directly involved in 8 goals.

At the same time, Barcelona continues to pay attention to Dinamo Zagreb’s 16-year-old Portuguese left winger Cardoso Varela. The former Porto youth training player has become a key inspection target of Barcelona's sports department. At the age of only 16, he has already made a mark in the first team of the Croatian giants and the Portuguese youth team. Before joining Dinamo Zagreb last year, the supernova, whose transfer was valued at about 5 million euros, visited Barcelona's training base. His agent Andy Barra (also Olmo's agent) has a close relationship with Barcelona's sporting director Deco, and the two parties have recently met in Croatia.

Barcelona will decide whether to initiate the acquisition of Varela after clarifying Rashford's future development. If the England forward continues to perform brilliantly, Barcelona is likely to implement his buyout clause of only 30 million euros.

In addition to Barcelona, ​​Chelsea also pays close attention to Varela. If Barcelona finally initiates the recruitment process, the Blues are ready to join the battle. The new star's contract with Dinamo Zagreb will last until June 2028.