Atletico Madrid striker Joao Felix retains hope of joining Barcelona this month.
Felix has an offer from Al-Hilal, but still favours a move to Barca.
And he has been encouraged with Ousmane Dembele pushing to leave Barca for PSG this week.
Sport says Felix is pushing his agent Jorge Mendes to reject all offers to keep him free to join the Catalans.
The formula of the operation remains to be defined, given that the Catalans would not go beyond a loan with an option to buy, offering to pay the player's entire salary, which amounts to around 16m. A proposal that could tempt Atletico, even if they would prefer a straight sale.