Real Madrid reportedly not matching Barcelona's offer for Willy Hernangomez / News - Basketnews.com

Willy Hernangomez's signing with Barcelona seems almost certain, as Real Madrid have reportedly given up on the player's rights.

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FC Barcelona's roster is taking shape in this new stage with Roger Grimau at the helm. Unless an unforeseen event occurs, Willy Hernangomezwill be the latest addition if Madrid don't match their offer to the player.

The Catalan club presented a formal offer on July 7, but Real Madrid have the right of first refusal over the player until July 12 at 11:59 p.m. and according to Diario AS, the white team is not going to exercise it.

Therefore, the Spanish International is expected to become a Barca player for all intends and purposes after one season with the New Orleans Pelicans, a team that did not want to renew his contract. After the official signing of Joel Parra, everything indicates that Willy will become the second reinforcement of the new Roger Grimau project .

Regarding his signing for FC Barcelona, the player himself already stated that he was formed at the Real Madrid youth academy, but added that his priority is to play and feel important.

"I want to fight for titles. I don't close the door on anything. At the end of the day, it's a job. An opportunity. And if the circumstances arise, it would be necessary to think about it a lot."

Barcelona decided to bet heavily on the 2022 EuroBasket MVP and also made a bid for his brother Juancho.

In the previous hours, Willy has released a couple of tweets, indicating that time is ticking out. The first tweet is a camera with a bag of popcorn and the second, a face with glasses and an hourglass indicating that he is about to find out where he will play next season.

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Position Player Status PG Rokas Jokubaitis Signed until 2023 +2 PG/SG Nicolas Laprovittola Signed until 2026 PG/SG Tomas Satoransky Signed until 2026 SG Cory Higgins Signed until 2024 SF Nikola Kalinic Signed until 2024 SG/SF Oriol Pauli Signed until 2024 SF Alex Abrines Signed until 2026 PF Joel Parra(story) Signed until 2027 PF Nikola Mirotic Signeduntil 2025 PF Sergi Martinez Signeduntil 2024 PF/C Oscar da Silva Signed until 2025 C Jan Vesely Signed until 2025 C James Nnaji Long-term contract Coach Roger Grimau(signed until 2025) Expired contract Kyle Kuric, Sarunas Jasikevicius (will not return), Mike Tobey Rumored to leave Nikola Mirotic (story), Cory Higgins, Nikola Kalinic, Sertac Sanli (will not return), Mike Tobey Interested Dario Brizuela (story), Willy Hernangomez (story), Juancho Hernangomez (story), Luke Sikma (story)

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