Barcelona Eyes Spurs Players Amid Relegation Crisis
Barcelona are watching Tottenham’s slide with unusual interest. Not just as neutral observers of a Premier League crisis, but as predators sensing a rare opening in a brutal transfer market.
With Spurs locked in a fight to avoid relegation, Diario SPORT report that the Catalan club are tracking at least five key players at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, ready to move if the London side drop into the Championship and are forced into cut‑price sales.
For a club still wrestling with tight financial limits, Barcelona see a possible Spurs collapse as a once‑in‑a‑decade chance: Premier League-quality starters, available at reduced fees, without having to enter the usual bidding wars at the very top of the market.
Simons and Bergvall: unfinished business
At the heart of Barça’s watchlist sit two creative midfielders: Simons and Lucas Bergvall.
Simons is the romantic storyline. A product of La Masia, he left Barcelona and has since grown into what Tottenham now regard as the jewel of their midfield. A return to Catalonia would feel like a full-circle moment for the Netherlands international, and Barça believe his blend of flair, vision and positional versatility would instantly lift Hansi Flick’s attacking options between the lines.
Bergvall is a different kind of case, but no less intriguing. The young Swede was, by all accounts, on the brink of joining Barcelona before he chose Tottenham instead. His spell in London has been stop-start, with injuries and limited minutes slowing his adaptation. Even so, the Blaugrana scouting department has not cooled on him. They still see a high ceiling, and the sense of a near-miss from two years ago only sharpens their determination to be in the conversation if Spurs are forced to sell.
Two midfielders, two stories of what might have been. Barça are ready to reopen both.
Van de Ven and Romero: rebuilding the back line
Barcelona’s gaze does not stop in midfield. Flick wants steel and speed at the back, and the recruitment team have zeroed in on Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero as potential defensive centrepieces.
Both have already proved they can handle the intensity of English football. Romero brings aggression, aerial dominance and leadership, the kind of edge Barcelona’s back line has often lacked in recent seasons. Van de Ven offers a different profile: pace, composure, and a left foot that instantly changes the geometry of the defence.
Inside the club, Van de Ven is viewed as especially attractive. His explosive recovery speed covers space behind a high line, and his comfort on the ball fits the Camp Nou stage. As a left-footed centre-back, he is seen as an ideal long-term partner for Pau Cubarsí, a pairing that could give Barça one of the most balanced central-defensive duos in Europe if they can somehow make the numbers work.
It is an ambitious idea. But this is exactly the sort of opportunity Barcelona feel they cannot ignore if the market breaks their way.
Pedro Porro and the Kounde question
The fifth name on the list is Pedro Porro, and his inclusion says a lot about how Flick wants his full-backs to play.
Porro’s attacking instincts, his delivery from wide areas and his ability to step into midfield all echo the traditional Barcelona right-back mold. He would bring width, crossing and a constant outlet on the overlap. But his arrival is tied directly to one of the club’s biggest financial levers: the future of Jules Koundé.
Barcelona are open to offers for Koundé this summer as they look to balance their accounts. If a significant bid lands and the Frenchman moves on, Porro is viewed as a ready-made replacement who could restore a more natural attacking profile on the right side of defence and give Flick the deep-lying offensive threat he craves.
All eyes on the table
For now, all of this remains hypothetical. The entire plan is chained to the Premier League standings.
Tottenham have four games left to secure their top-flight status. If they stay up, Spurs will be under far less pressure to sell, and the kind of “relegation discount” Barcelona are hoping for may never materialise. If the unthinkable happens and they go down, the situation changes overnight.
In that scenario, Barcelona will not be alone. Europe’s elite would swarm over Spurs’ best assets, hunting the same bargains, phoning the same agents. The Catalans, though, will back the pull of the Camp Nou, the promise of Champions League nights and the chance for several of these players to either return to or finally experience the stage they once came close to.
Tottenham’s fight for survival is, in effect, already shaping Barcelona’s summer. One club battling to stay in the Premier League, another waiting to see if a crisis in London can fuel a rebuild in Catalonia.
