Bartomeu urges Barca to get Turan
Barcelona presidential candidate Josep Maria Bartomeu has urged the club's interim management committee to sign Atletico Madrid's Arda Turan.
Barcelona are under a transfer embargo until January but have already signed Aleix Vidal from Sevilla and are also said to be interested in signing Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.
No players signed this summer will be able to turn out for the Catalans until the New Year, but Bartomeu has urged the club to act quickly to land Turan ahead of the presidential election on July 18, with Chelsea and Manchester United also linked with the Turkey midfielder.
"I invite the interim committee to sign the player," Bartomeu told Spanish TV channel Esport3.
"He's a good player, with great quality and perfectly matches what Luis Enrique is wanting this coming season, which is why I, as a pre-candidate, urge the interim committee to take the necessary steps to sign the player.
"When all parties are in agreement, and above all the manager, that the player is the one we need, the thing to do is to bring him in under the best conditions possible."
Bartomeu's main presidential rival Joan Laporta, however, believes Barca must wait to move, telling Cadena SER: "The board shouldn't make any statements. [Turan] is a great player, I like him, but the board can't make these declarations and should wait until the 19th when there is a president.