FC Barcelona are constantly receiving offers for players. The latest to arrive at Joan Laporta's office has been very much to the President's liking, to the point that he has included him on his list of players to watch. We are talking about Kerem Aktürkoğlu, a Benfica striker who only thinks about wearing the Barça jersey. At 26 years old, he is shining in Portugal and has a clause to be able to fulfill his dream of wearing the Barça jersey.
In 12 games, Kerem Aktürkoğlu has scored 8 goals and provided 4 assists for Benfica . His contract includes a buyout clause that allows him to leave for 100 million euros, a figure that Laporta doesn't intend to pay. He is a player that is liked, and is considered better in Türkiye than Arda Güler, but the reality is that his position is very well covered.
"Kerem Aktürkoğlu Will Play for Barça"
' AS ' has picked up the statements of Yasin Öztekin, former Galatasaray striker and good friend of Aktürkoğlu. In a recent interview, he argued: "I met with Kerem before the last matches of the Turkish national team. After his transfer for Benfica, I told him that it is not easy to play in Türkiye, but that he could go to Benfica and then make the jump to another club."
In this regard, he concluded: " I am sure that Kerem Aktürkoğlu will go to a much bigger club than Benfica. My feeling is that he will go to Barcelona this year , and he also has the ability to play for that team. He is currently scoring goals and giving assists in all of Benfica's games. They say that he will make a transfer in a year."
Kerem Aktürkoğlu would be more expensive than Arda Güler
In 2023, Barça had signed Arda Güler for less than the 20 million he left for at Real Madrid . With everything tied up, Deco returned to Barcelona without transfer his contract and Florentino finally got ahead of him. Joan Laporta lost a goldmine in Türkiye, but now he has the opportunity to recover it with the possible arrival of Kerem Aktürkoğlu.
In any case, Kerem Aktürkoğlu would be leaving for a higher price than Arda Güler would've cost . He left for 12 million euros last summer and the idea in Portugal is to sell him for much more in a year. Joan Laporta will be keeping an eye on his possible arrival at Barça, but he doesn't plan to go crazy.