From Croatian newspapers today:
TLDR: Barca offered 7m per year, Al Nassr offered 30m, but Brozovic still prefers Barca. Apparently Xavi has called Brozo and told him that he wants him and now Brozo is hiding in Zagreb/Croatia from Al Nassr agents and hoping that Barca will quickly find funds for his transfer. He can wait for 1 week, apparently.
Al Nassr has also moved to a new target instead of Brozovic.
Full article, Google translate:
AL NASSR seems tired of waiting for Marcelo Brozović. Last weekend, the representatives of the Saudi club came to Milan for final negotiations, and on Sunday they agreed everything with Inter, who accepted 23 million euros in compensation. They expected that they would easily come to an agreement with Brozović (30), to whom they offered 60 million euros for those three years.
But Brozović refused because he wanted to become the highest paid Croatian footballer in 2 years. Namely, he asked for 30 million euros per year and a two-year contract. Three days of calm followed, but because Brozović prefers Barcelona to Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi club. He would go there for much less money. However, Barca, which wants him very much, is currently in such a situation that cannot send an offer for Brozović, let alone guarantee the player's salary.
That's why she has to sell players in order to be able to buy Brozović at all, a big wish of coach Xavi. Of course, Al Nassr knows that Brozović is the second choice, so he also turned to an alternative, and a great one at that. The French media revealed yesterday that it was Seko Fofana, the captain of Lens. Two years younger than Brozović, he played a top season, in which with nine goals and six assists he contributed to the second place in the championship, behind untouchable PSG. Lens officially confirmed yesterday that it has started negotiations with Al Nassr regarding this transfer.
It seems that they were completed quickly and fruitfully. Santi Aouna, one of the most reliable sources from the French market, announced that verbal agreements have been reached between Al Nassr and Fofana, and Al Nassr and Lens. "The French runner-up will receive a little more than 30 million euros in compensation. Everything has been agreed and only the signature is expected." Fofana excelled in three seasons in France. In 112 games, he scored 21 goals and 12 assists, and he especially stands out in big games. That's why in two out of three seasons in Lens, he was selected to the ideal Ligue 1 team. PSG and Marseille wanted him, but they couldn't match the offer of the club backed by Saudi Arabia.
Brozović thus got what he wanted, Al Nassr found a replacement for him, and Inter's ace came closer to his wish for Barcelona. Gazzetta dello Sport states that Brozović agreed everything with Barcelona and that Xavi's call was decisive. The coach of Barca called him and told him how much he wanted him, which won Brozović over. The aforementioned source states that the Croatian midfielder agreed to Barcelona's offer of 7 million euros in annual salary.
"That's only a third of what Al Nassr is offering him, but also a million more than the amount he receives annually at Inter", Gazzetta writes and adds: "Brozović wants to go to Barcelona so much that he has been hiding from Al Nassr representatives for a week in Zagreb because is afraid that they will agree to his impossible conditions of 30 million euros per year". However, the Italians point out a huge obstacle on the way to the realization of Brozović's and Barcelona's mutual desire: "Barca is in such a financial situation that it can buy and register Brozović only if it sells a couple of players first. It needs time for that, and Brozović gave it to them week."
