{"id":845759,"date":"2025-05-04T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/its-unlikely-super-eagles-legend-groomed-at-barca-reacts-to-guirassys-potential-nou-camp-move\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:12:12","slug":"its-unlikely-super-eagles-legend-groomed-at-barca-reacts-to-guirassys-potential-nou-camp-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/its-unlikely-super-eagles-legend-groomed-at-barca-reacts-to-guirassys-potential-nou-camp-move\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s unlikely\u201d \u2013 Super Eagles legend groomed at Bar\u00e7a reacts to Guirassy\u2019s potential Nou Camp move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/super-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Eagles<\/a> forward Emmanuel Amuneke has reacted to reports linking Guinean striker <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/serhou-guirassy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serhou Guirassy<\/a> with a potential move from Borussia Dortmund to <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Guinean international has been tipped as a potential successor to Poland star Robert Lewandowski, with speculation heating up as the 2025 summer transfer window approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/africafoot.com\/guirassy-a-barcelone-fonctionnerait-mais-peu-probable-que-cela-arrive-amunike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Africa Foot<\/a>, Amuneke \u2014 who was groomed at Barcelona between 1996 and 2000 \u2014 shared his thoughts on why a move to the Nou Camp might not be in the best interest of either party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159315\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/super-eagles-barca-guirassy.html\/fussball-1-bundesliga-borussia-dortmund-vfl-wolfsburg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159315\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1061652322-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Serhou Guirassy of Borussia Dortmund \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159315\">Serhou Guirassy of Borussia Dortmund [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGuirassy is a proven goalscorer who can play for all the top teams in Europe, but can Barcelona sign him? Don\u2019t get me wrong, Guirassy is an excellent goalscorer, and he\u2019s been consistent over the last two or three seasons. I might take him if it were up to me \u2014 I admire his qualities. But he\u2019s 29, and Barcelona is building for the long-term future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Guirassy, who recently joined Dortmund from Stuttgart, is currently valued at \u20ac40 million. However, the German club are expected to demand significantly more for his services next summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112594\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2023\/12\/why-i-didnt-realize-my-potential-at-barcelona-emmanuel-amuneke.html\/horizontal\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Emmanuel-Amuneke-at-Barcelona.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Emmanuel Amuneke\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112594\">Emmanuel Amuneke [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amuneke believes Barcelona are no longer a club known for spending heavily on transfers, instead they focus on their famed La Masia academy and scouting for players nearing the end of their contracts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look closely, Barcelona has shifted its focus to its academy and no longer spends obscene amounts of money to recruit ready-made stars. I don\u2019t think they will go for him. With his contract, Dortmund would likely be asking for upwards of \u20ac60 million, if not more. It would work, but it\u2019s unlikely to happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/victor-osimhen-nigeria-barcelona.html\">Barcelona are also reportedly in the race to sign Victor Osimhen<\/a>, alongside Manchester United and Chelsea. However, the Nigerian\u2019s high release clause could prove to be a stumbling block for the Catalan giants next summer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Soccer Ayomide Oguntimehin\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ayomide-Oguntimehin-pics-150x150.jpg\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/ayomide-oguntimehin-2\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/super-eagles-barca-guirassy.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Ayomide Oguntimehin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Super Eagles forward Emmanuel Amuneke has reacted to reports linking Guinean striker Serhou Guirassy with a potential move from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona, Soccernet.ng reports. The Guinean international has been tipped as a potential successor to Poland star Robert Lewandowski, with speculation heating up as the 2025 summer transfer window approaches. Speaking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29038,2005,40],"tags":[5517,5150],"class_list":{"0":"post-845759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-its","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-unlikely","10":"tag-its","11":"tag-unlikely"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}