Barcelona 'reach verbal agreement' with RB Leipzig to sign Dani Olmo

Barcelona have finally agreed a fee with RB Leipzig for the transfer of Dani Olmo, a report has claimed.

La Blaugrana had identified Olmo as one of their top targets for the summer window, along with Athletic Club winger Nico Williams.

Though Barca had planned to wrap up the signing of Williams first, they have not made significant progress on that deal and so turned their attentions to Olmo.

Fabrizio Romano reports Barcelona have reached a 'verbal agreement' with Leipzig over the structure of a transfer fee and the midfielder will now complete his long-awaited move back to Camp Nou on a six-year contract.

Barcelona will pay a guaranteed fee of €55m, while the majority of the additional €7m in add-ons will be 'difficult to reach'. Therefore, Barca could end up paying less than Olmo's €60m release clause which expired in July.

Sporting director Deco made an important meeting to Leipzig this week in order to finalise terms of a deal and he appears to have succeeded on his mission.

Olmo will return to Barcelona having left the club as 16-year-old to join Croatian giants Dinamo Zagreb in pursuit of immediate first-team opportunities. He was then sold to Leipzig in January 2020 and cemented his place as one of Europe's finest midfielders. Remarkably, he has never played in La Liga despite accumulating 39 caps for Spain.

Though he initially started as a bench player, Olmo played a key role in Spain's success at Euro 2024, finishing as the competition's joint-top scorer and being named in the team of the tournament. He ironically came into the team in place of injured Barcelona midfielder Pedri.

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