The Egyptian professional Hamza Abdel Karim is attracting attention recently, given his distinguished performance with Barcelona Club during the preparation period ahead of the new season.
Hamza Abdel Karim is present with Barcelona Club's camp in England, in preparation for the new season, where the player scored two goals against Birmingham City during the friendly match played between the two teams.
Hamza Abdel Karim hopes to remain with Barcelona's first team next season, as there is currently no outright striker at the Blaugrana other than Ferran Torres, following Robert Lewandowski's departure to Chicago Fire.
In this context, the newspaper Sport reported, citing Sport Bild, that Barcelona is close to losing the battle to sign Hoffenheim star Vensik Aslani, who is now closer to signing with Leipzig.
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The newspaper added that Aslani caught the attention of Barcelona coach Hans Flick, who gathered positive reports on the player and contact was made between the two parties, but the young striker is close to moving to Leipzig.
It explained that Aslani grew tired of waiting for Barcelona, which was hesitant about signing the player, who has a release clause with Hoffenheim worth 29 million euros.
Sport added that Aslani's deal was discussed within Barcelona in recent weeks, but signing the player was not initially on the table, as the Blaugrana focused on signing an outright striker, specifically Atletico Madrid star Julian Alvarez.
However, with the difficulty of signing Alvarez, Barcelona decided to turn to other options, including Aslani, but the Blaugrana did not take serious steps to sign him.
Aslani has been absent from Hoffenheim's preparatory training for the new season, in light of his agreement to Leipzig's offer, as the German club will pay 30 million euros to sign the player on a four-year contract.
The newspaper confirmed Aslani's great love for Barcelona, as the Catalan club discussed the possibility of signing the player with his agents, but the player did not want to wait any longer, or did not see the timing as right to play for the Blaugrana.
Aslani is likely to be the key to Yan Diomande's departure from Leipzig, as the Ivorian international is close to signing with Real Madrid.
Barcelona's failure to sign Aslani represents an additional opportunity for Hamza Abdel Karim to continue with the first team at Barcelona next season, and signing Alvarez seems nearly impossible.
