Barcelona superstar agrees to join Arsenal, Real Madrid star on the verge of shock exit, Chelsea superstar holds talks with Atletico Madrid and more LaLiga news: 14 January 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Apr 25, 2019 12:50 GMT

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Barcelona interested in Tottenham's Fernando Llorente

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Fernando Llorente has emerged as a shock transfer target for Barcelona, according to Mundo Deportivo. Following the departure of Munir El Haddadi to Sevilla, Barcelona are open to doing business in the winter and are keen on bringing a striker to the Camp Nou.

A key factor in this potential deal is the relationship that Ernesto Valverde and his second, Jon Aspiazu, share with the 33-year-old striker from their days together at Athletic Bilbao. The report further adds that Barca stalwarts like Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba hold Llorente in good stead.

Barcelona have reportedly been looking for a no.9 who can help Luis Suarez and also share the goalscoring burden as the Cules look to seal another domestic triumph.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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