Barcelona are ready to blow
their entire summer transfer budget on Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano.
The Daily Mail says Barcelona are ready to shell out their entire
£26million summer transfer budget for Mascherano.
Barca's bid is well short of Liverpool's valuation of their Argentina
international, but the Catalans are reluctant to follow
Real Madrid's lead by spending
beyond their means.
They could raise their bid by offering players to
Liverpool or raising further
funds by selling, for example, Samuel
Eto'o to Manchester
City.
Mascherano, 25, is thought to be keen to listen to
Barcelona's offer and his agent
Walter Tamer has already met Nou Camp officials.