David Alaba keen on Barcelona move ahead of crunch talks with Bayern Munich

David Alaba

The Camp Nou club want to sign the Austrian to provide competition for left-back Jordi Alba, according to ESPN FC sources.

Alaba’s representatives offered the versatile defender to Barça a few weeks ago and the 27-year-old is now considered a top target for the La Liga club.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.