Barcelona Transfer News: Latest on Paul Pogba, Denis Suarez, Nolito, Top Rumours

The agent of Barcelona target Paul Pogba is unsure whether Juventus have a chance of holding onto the in-demand midfielder next summer, as Barca sporting director Robert Fernandez considers moves for Denis Suarez and Nolito.

Mino Raiola recently spoke to Italian newspaper Tuttosport to discuss the future of Pogba amid reports Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea will make moves to sign the Frenchman next summer (h/t Uche Amako of the Daily Express):

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The big clubs will come knocking for Paul again at the end of the season. I don't know how much chance Juventus have of holding on to him. 

Paul will make a decision based on the offers he receives and based on how he feels. He was in a similar situation last summer.

Are Barcelona in pole position to sign him? The only team ahead of the others is Juventus. Paul has a strong connection with Juve.

Paul is the type of guy who thinks things through and he thinks with his heart. He felt that it was not the right moment to leave last summer and he was right. 

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Pogba's representative backed his client for persevering through the criticism he received from fans and pundits earlier this season after Juve made a nightmare start to their Serie A title defence.

Raiola suggested it will also take a world-record amount to tempt the Bianconeri into letting the box-to-box star leave Turin and professed there are "only a few" who could hope to lure him from his Italian setting:

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The fact that Paul decided to stay with Juventus last summer shows that he has invested in Juventus. And the Juventus hierarchy has also invested a lot by opting not to cash in on Paul.

Paul is like a limited edition Ferrari, there are only a few who can afford him.

I don't think €100 million (£73 million) will be enough to sign him, but it depends on [Juventus president Andrea] Agnelli. He has grown as a player and his price will have grown as well.

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The £85.3 million that took Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid in 2013 remains the highest fee ever paid for a player, but Pogba, 22, has been tipped as one who could court a higher figure.

Speculation regarding a future transfer to Barcelona intensified after Pogba was recorded posing for photographs with Camp Nou icon Lionel Messi at a recent awards ceremony, per Breathe Sport:

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Paul Pogba hit the dab while posing for photos with Lionel Messi in Dubai… pic.twitter.com/ApnHjWI0GY

— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) December 30, 2015"

Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus appear to be suffering from the summer departures of Arturo Vidal and Andres Pirlo, but Pogba has remained a consistent figure in their midfield, starting in 23 of his 24 appearances this term.

Former Barcelona B players Nolito, now at Celta Vigo, and Suarez, now at Villarreal, have been linked with returns to the Blaugrana in the winter transfer window, and Fernandez hinted deals could be made, per Spanish newspaper Sport: "Nolito? They have put out a lot of names. They are all good footballers. Denis Suarez? That's a possibility. I don't want to anticipate anything."

The report added that when asked for a more definitive answer on Suarez, Fernandez stated: "Possibly he could be a signing." The midfielder has come upon a promising run of first-team action at El Madrigal, making 19 appearances for the Yellow Submarine across all competitions this term.

According to fan account La Masia, Suarez hinted at his admiration for all things Catalan during his two-year spell at Manchester City, for whom he failed to make a Premier League appearance:

It's been suggested Marc Bartra could look to leave Barcelona after failing to tie down a prominent place in Luis Enrique's lineup, but Fernandez insisted the defender is going nowhere, per Sport's report: "He has not asked to leave nor will he leave."

Meanwhile, Sandro Ramirez's Camp Nou future isn't so certain, and after reports surfaced linking the attacker with a move to Tottenham Hotspur, per Sport (h/t the Independent's Tom Sheen), Fernandez was more open to his exit: "There will arrive a moment in which we have to decide. We have time to think."

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The 20-year-old is being offered a move to White Hart Lane after struggling for minutes at Barcelona, playing the full 90 minutes just once in La Liga this season.

Barcelona's 2015 transfer ban means the club were reluctant to sell players and risk weakening their squad too much, but the arrival of the winter window means they may be more open to selling in the new year.