Leganés confirm Barcelona approach for forward Martin Braithwaite | OneFootball

Leganés have revealed they are ‘very worried’ after confirming Barcelona’s approach for star forward Martin Braithwaite.

The Madrid outfit are currently struggling in their battle against relegation, with the club currently in 19th place two points from safety.

Having lost striker Youssef En-Nesyri to Sevilla in the January window, Leganés will not let the Denmark international leave for anything less than his reported €20m release clause.

“Yesterday [Monday] afternoon they called and contemplated this situation,” Moreno told reporters on Tuesday. “They only made contact once.

“The truth is that we are very worried. After what happened to us with En-Nesyri, now what happens with Braithwaite … staying in LaLiga gets more complicated every day. In these next hours we will know what happens, yes or no.

“I don’t know if anyone will come from Barcelona today. The player has a day off and we have not talked to him.

“I understand why Braithwaite would go to Barca, I would too. But of course, we are not going to negotiate anything. They pay his clause, or he stays at Leganes.

“I can understand that Barca do this if the law allows them to, but I thought that they couldn’t sign an active player, only one free agent. I was surprised.”

The former Middlesbrough man has bagged eight goals in 27 games in all competition this season.