Brazilian star Raphinha will return to pre-season training with Leeds United tomorrow.
The 25-year-old has been granted an additional summer break after appearing on his national team last month.
However, yesterday saw the final turn of his transfer saga with Barcelona, as he was omitted from Jesse Marsch’s itinerant pre-season squad.
Leeds travel to Australia for a round of warm-up matches and Raphinha’s omission has raised speculation about a possible move to Catalonia.
Barça are still the former Rennes star, but Marsch remains firm with a asking price of more than 60 million euros as the season prepares to restart.
His return for medical tests and training will focus attention on his next move as Leeds prepare to deepen during negotiations.
Barcelona are unwilling to meet Leeds’ current rating of their star player and Premier League rivals Chelsea could launch a counter-offer and block ongoing talks.