Hull City owner Ali Azun Ilicali has revealed he will not stand in the way of 22-year-old winger Jaden Filogene moving to the football club this summer.
Hull City owner Ali Azun Ilicali has confirmed Barcelona are interested in signing 22-year-old winger Jaden Filogene. Speaking to talkSPORT on Wednesday. UFABET
Barcelona are looking to strengthen their left attack and have made Spain winger Nico Williams a top target. But the club are struggling financially and are not prepared to meet Athletic Bilbao’s €58m release clause. So the Blaugrana are looking at cheaper targets and Filogene is one of them.
‘Yes, it’s all true. If you ask me, I told the fans that I would not sell anyone. My idea in football is not to make money. My idea in football is to build a stronger and bigger club.’
“But building a bigger club, sometimes if a player says. ‘I want to leave’, that’s another case. Because for me changing a player is not the end of the world,” Ilicali said.
Hull City’s owner has insisted.
He will not stand in the way of Filogene if the 22-year-old winger decides to leave the club this summer. With Barcelona and Everton and West Ham also considering a move for the player.
‘But for any of my players, I don’t want to ruin their career or their emotions by putting pressure on them with the contract I have. So in that case if Jaden wants to move. And he says he wants to go somewhere, that’s his life.’
According to previous reports from the Spanish media. Barcelona are trying to negotiate a loan deal for Filogene with an option to make the move permanent. That could be a good move for the Premier League club. As they could pay the money to sign the 22-year-old winger on a permanent basis. Although it seems the player is keen on a move to Barca.