Barcelona eager to offload Arda Turan

Catalan daily newspaper Sport has suggested that Barcelona are keen to cash in on Arda Turan in the January window.

The Catalans are close to finishing the squad rebuilding process, but they don’t see the Turkish footballer as part of their plans.

With Ivorian midfielder Jean-Michael Seri set to join from Nice, Barcelona hope Arda Turan will be leaving in January.

Turan rejected lucrative proposals from Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan in the summer, but the Catalans hope he will eventually accept one of the offers from China.

Meanwhile, former club Galatasaray were interested in a loan deal, but Barcelona were not happy with such an arrangement.