Barca decision means Chelsea free to wrap up signing of brilliant striker

It seems that long-term CHELSEA transfer target Jonathan David not a player that Barcelona are interested in signing over the next couple of transfer windows as a possible replacement for Robert Lewandowski.

David has earned a reputation as one of the finest strikers in Europe’s top five leagues. The 24-year-old has scored 97 goals in 202 appearances for the Ligue 1 giants. His displays alone have caught the attention of some of the biggest teams in the game.

He has scored 13 goals for Lille this season and with Chelsea seemingly still interested in adding a new striker to that attack, there has been talk that the Blues are ready to open up negotiations with the striker and come to some sort of pre-agreement deal that sees him get signed at the end of the season.

It had been reported on many occasions that Barcelona are very much interested in holding talks with David during the January window about a potential move at the end of the season, as the ageing Lewandowski cannot play forever.

However, Barcelona have now taken David off their list as they believe that the Canadian striker is not the right profile for Hansi Flick’s current side, according to Mundo Deportivo.

The Catalans had been interested in David after he revealed that playing for Barcelona was his “dream.”

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David has been linked with a whole host of big clubs for the last few seasons, there is alot of interest in the player, so it will be interesting to see where he ends up.

CHELSEA are one of the clubs that are interested, it seems that the board are keen to sign David on a free, but as we said, he will have plenty of options in the coming windows and needs to make the right career choice.

But we would not be surprised to see him snub a move to the Premier League that is for sure.

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