Barcelona receive official transfer request from Serie A | OneFootball

La Liga giants Barcelona were on Sunday the recipients of a transfer request by way of Serie A outfit Como.

That’s according to Football Italia, who have today provided an insight into the situation.

Barcelona and Como of course locked horns yesterday evening, in the annual edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy match.

When all was said and done, it was the former who emerged on the right side of the result, dominating en route to a 5-0 triumph.

Their side’s heavy defeat, though, did not discourage the Como brass from sitting down with their Barca counterparts to launch a transfer offensive.

This comes amid confirmation that Cesc Fàbregas’ side are now actively pushing for the signature of Blaugrana goalkeeper Iñaki Peña.

Shot-stopper Peña is for his part widely expected to be on the move before the summer is out, having continued to tumble down the pecking order between the posts in Hansi Flick’s squad following the recent arrival of Joan García.

And as per the aforementioned Football Italia:

‘Como lodged a formal request for Barcelona goalkeeper Inaki Pena after the friendly match between the two sides in the Joan Gamper Trophy on Sunday evening.’

Conor Laird – GSFN