According to SPORT, Barcelona has made it a priority to solve the problem of captain and key defender Ronald Araujo, but they think it will be hard to come to an agreement on a new deal.

The Catalans do not think the 25-year-old defender will stay with the club for long, mostly because Manchester United is trying very hard to sign him.

Manchester United is stepping up their attempts.

United has been working very hard for the past few hours to get Ronald Araujo to join them from Barcelona. They want to get a new defender and plan to offer the Uruguayan a salary that is almost twice as much as what he makes in Catalonia in order to get him to join.

The people at Manchester United are sure that Araujo is a good way to improve their defence, which has not been doing well lately.

The English giants will not make a firm offer to Barcelona until the Uruguayan player gives his approval. They are also watching to see how his new deal with the Blaugrana goes.

If there is not a deal and Araujo wants to leave, United will do everything they can to get him this summer.

Barcelona is having a tough time.

Araujo turned down good offers from Manchester United to stay with Barcelona before, but he might change his mind this time.

The defender is sure that Barcelona is his best choice from a sports point of view and is happy to stay with them. But he wants to feel like the club values him after asking them to spend money on him when he signed in 2022.

Barcelona had a lot of problems with their salary cap, so they sent Araujo a contract offer to raise his pay. However, the new amount does not seem to be enough for how important the player is to the starting eleven.

The defender and his camp have not replied yet, even though the club wanted the problem to be fixed by June 30.

If he does not sign a new deal now, Barcelona might have to discuss a million-dollar move, which would be the biggest player departure of the summer. If that happened, Barcelona would want at least €75 million for a third leader.