Karim Adeyemi fit soon become Barcelona player. Di club don reach verbal agreement with di player and dey dey negotiate with Borussia Dortmund for di final transfer fee, wey fit reach 30-40 million euros according to German press. Dis info come from journalist Gerard Romero for ‘Jijantes’.
Adeyemi na di special request of coach Hansi Flick, who don declare imself as big admirer of di player and don formally ask di sports department led by Deco to sign am. Di coach believe say di Dortmund player style fit im Barcelona game plan well well.
Di player, wey don dey linked to Barcelona since im days at Salzburg, get contract till June 30, 2027. Di contract situation dey force di German club to negotiate if dem no want di player to enter im final year and risk to go free.
Im speed don make am a nightmare for rival defenders. For im Champions League debut against Sevilla in 2021, while still at Salzburg, im cause three penalties in 45 minutes. Im na very vertical player. One memory na im goal against Chelsea for Champions League in 2023: im run 65 meters in 9 seconds with 11 touches.
Adeyemi career get interesting story. Im mama na Romanian and papa na Nigerian. Im papa play football for Africa. Im say: ‘E say im for don make big career for Europe. But e dey too old wen e come here at 30, so I become im project.’
Adeyemi start for TSV Forstenried, but in 2010 im join Bayern. However, im leave in 2012 at age 10 through di back door. Different versions dey. For Germany dem talk about repeated discipline problems, but Adeyemi always defend imself: ‘Di parents of di teammates dey jealous of me.’
Im no play. In 2012 at age 10, im land for SpVgg Unterhaching, wey become im salvation. Im mama Alexandra tok: ‘E no just learn to play football, e also realize di tins wey you need to succeed.’ President Manfred Schwabl na di key. E force am to study and commit to household chores. If not. ‘E get brutal speed, left foot, and coolness in front of goal,’ Schwabl tok.
Chelsea, Atletico, Liverpool, and even Bayern call im door while im dey for Unterhaching, but Adeyemi choose to go to Salzburg in 2018. Di fee no dey public, but di 3.3 million euros wey dem set still be di most expensive youth transfer for German football history.
Salzburg say no to Barcelona. Adeyemi continue to get many suitors for Austria. For fact, in 2020 im extend contract till 2024 with Salzburg despite interest from Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, and Barcelona, wey according to Austrian sources offer up to 15 million for im signature.
Im big season with di bulls – im become top scorer for Austria with 19 goals – earn am transfer to Borussia Dortmund in 2022 for 30 million euros to replace Haaland wey go Manchester City.
Im fit run 30 meters in 3.78 seconds. ‘Speed na my big strength,’ Adeyemi dey boast. Im right. Di attacker fit cover 30 meters in 3.78 seconds during im time at Salzburg. ‘E get extraordinary speed and dynamism. E brave and dey look for one-on-one,’ Michael Feichtenbeiner, im coach for Germany U17, tok for Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Flick give am debut for Germany. E don play for all German youth categories. In 2019 e receive di Fritz Walter award for best talent under 17, and in 2021 Hansi Flick give am debut for di senior team against Armenia, and Adeyemi score di final 6-0 goal.
Di operation for Barcelona don change. Di press for Barcelona dey used to know every step wey Deco dey take, but now dem dey act with caution. Example na di agreement with Adeyemi. For di last month, after signing Anthony Gordon, di operation for Julian Alvarez don take headlines. Barcelona even make offer for La Araña. Dem dey also talk about Joao Cancelo return, wey fit close with Al-Hilal for about 10 million euros.
But e no be until dis morning wen Gerard Romero advance di interest of Barcelona for Adeyemi, current Borussia Dortmund player valued at 40 million. Di signing of di 24-year-old German speedster dey near to close.
Flick like di player well well, and Deco don send di first formal offer to Dortmund. Di agreement with di German club na di only tins wey remain, because di contractual conditions don already agree with di left winger wey dey play for im natural side but fit switch across all three forward positions. Di role of Jorge Mendes, Adeyemi agent, dey key for di operation.
Flick dey expect di Munich-born forward for next Monday, wen preseason go start. Di operation suppose be simple, approximately for di player value, because im contract dey end in one year.
Adeyemi only want Barcelona and don tell im representative so. In 2022, wen im sign for Dortmund, Barcelona na di other club wey dey bid for im. Four years later, di signing dey closer than ever. Di next announcement no go be Julian nor Cancelo. Barcelona go get another new forward. Im last season end with 10 goals and six assists. Adeyemi no dey for im best moment, and di memory of di Champions League final against Real Madrid wey im miss clear chances dey for di minds of culés.
But for Barcelona, im go get different context, and im speed and ability to attack spaces go help di team to continue creating goal chances. Adeyemi fit perfectly into di type of forwards wey dey charm Flick. Im signing go be independent of Julian.
Hansi Flick don receive with satisfaction di name of Karim Adeyemi, di young winger wey Barcelona want to close to prepare a scenario wey Raphinha fit leave. Di operation don move with maximum secrecy, according to Jijantes, and e fit with a clear idea: di club need a fast, vertical attacker with ability to break matches from di wing. Adeyemi no be small bet, but a profile wey fit change di offensive planning.
Di interest come at a sensitive moment. Raphinha still dey important, but im future no longer dey untouchable if a big offer appear. Barcelona know say di Brazilian get market and say im sale fit open salary and sporting space. So Adeyemi appear as an attractive route, because e young, get plenty talent, and offer a speed point wey Flick consider key for im model.
Di German winger no play like Raphinha. E more explosive, more aggressive to space, and more dangerous wen e fit attack meters ahead. Flick want wingers wey fit stretch di opponent, press after loss, and attack di back of fullbacks. For dat context, Adeyemi fit better than other names because e no need too many touches to create danger.
Plus, im arrival go allow Barcelona to rejuvenate a zone wey fit change plenty for di coming months. If Raphinha eventually leave, di club no want to improvise. Dem prefer to move first, close a top alternative, and avoid entering di market late wey fast wingers dey become more expensive. Adeyemi represent dat opportunity before im price skyrocket.
Flick position dey important. Di coach see Adeyemi as a moldable player, with margin to improve and with top physical conditions. E no dey request am as just another name, but as a piece to compete for a big spot from day one. Barcelona need players wey fit make difference and no just dey accompany. Di operation, therefore, also send a direct message to Raphinha. Nobody dey push am officially to leave, but di club dey already work on an alternative scenario. If a big offer come, Barcelona want to have di replacement ready. Adeyemi na di chosen one because e mix present and future. Flick know am and dat why e dey happy, because e no go just be a signing to forget Raphinha, but to change di way of attack definitively.
