The signing of Darijo Srna: Barcelona decision time soon

The signing of Darijo Srna: Barcelona decision time soon

Srna will be allowed to go for free by Shakhtar, given his 13 years of loyalty to the club

Luis Enrique warned of it a few weeks ago, Barcelona have to be prepared to head into the transfer market, and the club are thinking about it, but no final decision has been taken.

The candiadate is Darijo Srna, of Shakhtar Donetsk and the club have designed the operation to go through the moment they give the final OK. 

The Croatian dreams of joining the club, who are looking for a cheap but good right-back. Dani Alves has been hard to replace, with Aleix Vidal not good enough for Luis Enrique.

Srna will be allowed to go for free by Shakhtar, given his 13 years of loyalty to the club. The president has already said as much, saying "he has given everything for the club and we will be proud of whatever he decides".

Srna takes home 4m euros a year in Ukraine, but Barcelona are only able to pay him half of that, although his desire to join may not make that an issue.