Barcelona are aiming to get a £45m deal done for Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin before the end of June, but will turn to Benfica’s Nelson Semedo if the signing proves problematic.
While the 22-year-old Bellerin is understood to want the return to his boyhood club, and Barca believe it will be done, there is a need for haste as it is felt that Arsenal will let no more than two players go amid what could be a summer of high turnover at the Emirates.
Arsene Wenger is also hoping to fend off interest in Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while making a series of signings himself. Although it is now expected that Ozil will stay, Barca want to get any deal for Bellerin quickly, as it is felt Wenger will be completely unwilling to negotiate if they suddenly face a series of approaches for players
