Sevilla target Barcelona's Toni Fernandez as Sergio Ramos shapes transfer policy

Sevilla have identified Barcelona’s 17-year-old winger Toni Fernandez as a priority target this summer, with incoming majority shareholder Sergio Ramos personally driving interest in the La Masia teenager, according to Spanish outlet MD. The move would mark the first significant transfer of the Ramos era at the Andalusian club.

Fernandez has been on Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick’s radar despite spending the season with reserve side Barça Atlètic, and the player himself is eager to step up to senior football. His chances of breaking into Barcelona’s first team, however, appear slim — particularly if the club complete a deal for Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon, a transfer Barcelona believe is within reach provided they move players on to ease their well-documented financial constraints.

With Gordon potentially arriving, competition for wide positions would intensify, and Fernandez is among those who could be deemed surplus to requirements. Roony Bardghji has also been identified as a candidate to leave the club this summer.

Ramos, set to acquire a leading stake in his boyhood club Sevilla, appears to have drawn encouragement from the trajectory of Jan Virgili, who departed Barcelona for Mallorca last summer and has since established himself at senior level — a template Sevilla believe could be replicated with Fernandez.

Should Barcelona sanction a departure, they are expected to protect their long-term interest in the teenager through either a substantial sell-on clause or a buy-back option. Given the regard in which Fernandez is held at the club, it would be highly unusual for Barcelona to relinquish full control over his future.

Barcelona’s broader summer strategy centres on signing a new centre-back and striker, with those arrivals contingent on generating sufficient funds through outgoings first.