Juventus chief spends two days in Barcelona negotiating potential swap deal

Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici has been in Barcelona for two days to push through a deal, which would see their midfielder Emre Can join Barcelona in return for Ivan Rakitic moving the other way, according to Marca. The Old Lady are also interested in Barcelona’s youngster Juan Miranda. Croatian midfielder Rakitic has been linked with a move away from the Nou Camp all summer and it appears Juventus are willing to sacrifice Can in order to get the Croatian. The Serie A champions have already brought in a whole host of new names this summer, including Matthijs de Ligt, Aaron Ramsey, Gianluigi Buffon and Adrien Rabiot.

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