Chelsea and Manchester City are keen on signing Iliax Moriba from Barcelona. The 18-year-old Spanish midfielder could be on his way out of the club. This comes after Barcelona has stated to have offered a final contract extension deal. If not accepted the club is willing to sell him or let him go for free next summer. Currently, the club has taken this stance as the player camp is requesting higher wages.
Iliax made his starting debut this year against Deportivo helping the team win 5-1. Last season he played 14 games only starting in 4 of them. He scored a goal and assisted 2 in his limited playing time. Currently valued at £22.50m by Transfermarkt, the Spanish midfielder plays as a number 8. He is in hot discussion right now due to having just one year left on his deal. Currently, 3 of Barcelona’s youngsters have their contract ending next year making them free agents. Them being Ansu Fati, Pedri, and Iliax Moriba.
If a club like Chelsea can sign Iliax Moriba on a free or a pre-contract, it would come at a price. The player can ask for a higher salary to play for the club. Though this would be an investment they won’t shy on due to his talents on the pitch. Comparing to other midfielders in the world, Iliax Moriba is already in the top 95% in certain states. Them being Pressures, touches in the penalty box, dribbles completed, and assists per 90. A talent like him can grow into the physicality of the Premier League by going on multiple loans as well. By doing so, Chelsea will be able to allow the player to play first-team football while making sure that their investment is safe.
What does the Chelsea Iliax Moriba Transfer Report tend to display?
Currently, Iliax Moriba has one year left on his contract with Barcelona and has been offered a new contract for 1 million Euros. According to reports, the player wishes to triple his current salary to extend his contract. Iliax Moriba is yet to play a full season with a club. Having just played 14 games, many clubs around Europe still don’t believe him to be valued for the wages he is demanding. Few years ago, Arsene Wenger while he was the manager of Arsenal stated this in an interview
“I think in the future, you will see it more and more. Why? Because the transfers are so high, even for normal players,”
“You will see more and more players going into the final year of the contract because no club will want to pay the amount demanded… in the next 10 years, it will become usual.”
“I think the performance on the day does not depend on the length of the contract, if that was true we would sign everyone for 20 years and be happy.”
The trend of players in their youth and not having played have a season or just one to ask a higher wage is going to be increasing. As a market takes a dip for just youth products with high resale value. The wealthier clubs can just accept their wage demands. While clubs who aren’t as wealthy will be forced to sell their youth players. This comes as the players can run down their contracts and the club wont make any profit on the transfer fee.
