Barcelona hopeful of getting bargain deal for Boca Juniors teenager

By Alasdair Mackenzie
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Barcelona are hoping to poach promising defender Santiago Ramos Mingo off Boca Juniors before he’s signed a professional deal, say reports.

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The centre-back turns 18 next month, at which point he will be free to make a switch to a European club should he want to.

Argentinian outlet TvC Sports reports that Barcelona are monitoring the centre-back’s development and plan to bring him in on a cut-price deal.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

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.