The Austrian Messi was loaned to Barcelona next season

Yusuf Demir comes to the Catalan club from Rapid Vienna for a year with a non-mandatory purchase option for 10 million euros

The FC Barcelona and the Vienna Rapid closed this Friday an agreement for the loan for a season, with non-mandatory purchase option, from the young left-handed Austrian attacker Yusuf demir, considered the ‘Austrian Messi‘by the local press.

The Catalan club will pay 500,000 euros for the transfer and, in case you want to sign the player at the end of the season, you will have to pay 10 million euros, as detailed by the club itself in a statement.

“With the arrival at Barcelona one of my great childhood dreams is fulfilled. I’m going to my favorite team and to the best team in the world, “he acknowledged. Demir in statements to the website of the Vienna Rapid.

The young footballer, only 18 years old, stands out for its good ball control and precision in the shot, as well as for his versatility to play in various positions in three quarters of the field.

This season, Demir scored 9 goals in 32 games played with the Vienna Rapid, in addition to debuting with the Absolute Austria national team last March in a friendly against the Faroe Islands.

In addition to the transfer the Barcelona, the Vienna Rapid also announced that Demir has renewed its contract until the 2022-2023 season, thus extending its existing agreement until summer 2022.

“For eight years I was able to learn everything and grow as a footballer in the Fast. That is one of the reasons why I extended my contract one more year “, recognized the player, to whom other big European clubs like Borussia Dortmund German had been on the trail for a long time.