Digne departs Barcelona training camp to finalise exit

The French left-back is known to have grown frustrated playing second fiddle to Jordi Alba and is keen to secure more regular football elsewhere.

A move now appears to be on the horizon, with 'Marca' reporting that he has been allowed to leave the club's training camp in America, where Barcelona are currently playing in the International Champions Cup, to talk to a club believed to be Everton.

Everton are desperate to find a long-term successor for Leighton Baines at left-back and have identified Digne as the perfect man for the job.

The 25-year-old did not feature in Barcelona's first pre-season game of the campaign against Tottenham, causing further speculation that he was on the verge of a departure.

It is understood that the two sides have agreed a fee in the region of €20m for the former Roma man.

The move marks something of a hotting up of the transfer market with less than two weeks remaining until the deadline for English clubs.

Digne could be the first of several Barcelona fringe players to leave, with Aleix vidal thought to be close to rejoining Sevilla and the likes of Paco Alcacer, Jasper Cillessen and Andre Gomes all linked with departures.

 

July 29, 2018