Alejandro Balde

Aston Villa face a battle to get Alejandro Balde from Barcelona this summer, with the left-back not considering an exit yet.

AS report on the defender today, who is a Jorge Mendes client. The Portuguese super-agent is preparing for a busy summer at Camp Nou.

The newspaper explains that last year it was sorting Lamine Yamal’s contract situation, this year other cases will take precedence. Balde is one of the players whose future needs to be sorted.

Transfer interest every summer

Alejandro Balde is the third name on Jorge Mendes list. He appears on the transfer list almost every summer and this will not be different.

A report at the end of March stated that Aston Villa, Manchester City and Manchester United had already initiated contact for the 22-year-old.

AS report that Barcelona would benefit from a sale as he’s one of their options to raise funds for their own business this summer. Transfermarkt value him at €55m at present, representing a huge profit for Barcelona on a homegrown player.

The newspaper again states that Aston Villa’s interest has ‘emerged’ in recent days, alongside the two Manchester clubs.

Barcelona not pushing sale

However, Alejandro Balde’s sale would...