Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Nassr have reportedly expressed their interest in signing Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets.
Al-Nassr have recently been in the headlines after completing the signing of five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, who has allegedly penned a £177m-a-year contract until June 2025.
Rudi Garcia's side are now prepared to make another statement signing as they bid to strengthen their Saudi Pro League title challenge.
According to ESPN, Al-Nassr are prepared to offer 34-year-old Busquets a €13m annual salary to sign him as a free agent in the summer.
Busquets faces an uncertain future at Barcelona as his contract at Camp Nou is due to expire in less than six months' time.
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The Spanish veteran has also been linked with a move to Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, who are owned by David Beckham, and has received a proposal to move to the USA.
Busquets, who announced his international retirement at the end of the 2022 World Cup, has spent his entire club career with Barcelona and made his debut for the Catalan giants back in 2008.
The deep-lying midfielder is closing in on 700 appearances for Barca across all competitions and has won a total of 27 trophies, including eight La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues.
Last week, Barca president Joan Laporta suggested that a decision on Busquets's future may not be made until the summer.
"He is our captain and we are delighted with him at all levels. On the day of the match against Real Betis he will have played 700 games, he told me this morning," Laporta told Que T'hi Jugues.
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"He has proposals from the United States and I know he was thinking about it, but in principle he will continue with us until the end of the season. We'll talk in the summer, but I think he's still got time."
Meanwhile, head coach Xavi insists that Busquets remains a "fundamental" player in his first-team squad, telling reporters: "He has a contract until June and then we will see. It's more a personal feeling of his. How he sees himself in the team, for me, he is fundamental.
"It will depend on him, more than on the club and me, but we will try to convince him. Busquets still has six months left on his contract.
"We are focused on what happens this season and we have a lot at stake. We can't make plans. I haven't spoken to Busquets yet about continuing."
Busquets is expected to feature for Barcelona when they face Real Betis at the King Fahd International Stadium in Saudi Arabia for their Spanish Super Cup semi-final clash on Thursday.
Oliver Thomas
