Barcelona face obstacle in move for Celta Vigo striker Maxi Gomez?

Barcelona reportedly hit a stumbling block in their potential swoop for Celta Vigo striker Maxi Gomez.

By Matthew Jones, Reporter | 17 March 2019

Barcelona have reportedly hit a stumbling block in any potential move for Celta Vigo striker Maxi Gomez.

Gomez has nine goals in La Liga this season, but his club currently sit 18th in the table and four points from safety.

It is believed that the Uruguayan striker has a £50m release clause in his contract, but this would be halved if Celta Vigo are relegated this season.

According to Marca, Barcelona have been tracking Gomez for a long time and may meet his release clause this summer.

However, the report also claims that the Catalan giants would have to sell either Arthur, Malcolm or Vidal in order to free one of the non-EU player slots in their squad.

It was rumoured that Gomez was close to completing a £45m transfer to West Ham United in January, as Manuel Pellegrini searched for a replacement for Marko Arnautovic who was expected to move to China, before the deal fell through.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	32	25	6	1	70	22	48	81
2	Barcelona	32	21	7	4	64	37	27	70
3	Girona Girona	32	21	5	6	67	40	27	68
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	32	19	4	9	59	38	21	61
5	Athletic Bilbao	32	16	10	6	52	30	22	58
6	Real Sociedad	32	13	12	7	46	34	12	51
7	Real Betis Betis	32	12	12	8	40	38	2	48
8	Valencia	32	13	8	11	35	34	1	47
9	Villarreal	32	11	9	12	51	55	-4	42
10	Getafe	32	9	13	10	38	44	-6	40
11	Osasuna	32	11	6	15	37	46	-9	39
12	Sevilla	32	9	10	13	41	45	-4	37
13	Las Palmas Las Palmas	32	10	7	15	30	39	-9	37
14	Alaves Alaves	32	9	8	15	28	38	-10	35
15	Rayo Vallecano	32	7	13	12	27	39	-12	34
16	Celta Vigo	32	7	10	15	37	47	-10	31
17	Mallorca	32	6	13	13	26	38	-12	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	32	4	13	15	22	45	-23	25
19	Granada	32	3	9	20	33	61	-28	18
20	Almeria	32	1	11	20	31	64	-33	14