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title: "Barcelona to rival West Ham in Carlos Bacca chase"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2016/07/26/barcelona-rival-west-ham-carlos-bacca-chase/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Osman"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-07-26T15:19:36Z"
modified: "2016-07-26T15:19:36Z"
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# Barcelona to rival West Ham in Carlos Bacca chase

According to the front page of Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, West Ham target Carlos Bacca has emerged as a surprise option for Catalan giants Barcelona.

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It’s been well documented that The Hammers are more than keen to bring Bacca to the club this summer but it’s become somewhat a transfer saga due to a definitive conclusion on the Colombian’s forward still yet to have been reached.

There has been plenty of competition for Bacca, also, with Napoli the [latest](https://readwestham.com/2016/07/25/milan-rejected-napoli-offer-west-ham-target/) to make a fresh bid for the AC Milan forward.

![Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/07/525914062.jpg)

However, West Ham have reportedly agreed a fee with Milan for Bacca’s services at a whopping €30 million, [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/west-ham-set-unlikely-barcelona-transfer-battle-front-page-news-spain/) can report off the basis of Mundo Deportivo’s publication.

It now comes down to whether or not Bacca does want to join West Ham; he’s been weighing up his options for some time, now.

Of course, Barcelona will be an attractive proposition for the prolific 29-year-old striker but, given the wealth of attacking options at their disposal, it’s hard to see where Bacca would fit in as a regular.

The Colombia star is keen to move to a Champions League club but could West Ham persuade him to think otherwise?