FC Barcelona’s first bid for Jesse Bisiwu has been turned down, with Club Brugge rejecting a reported €10 million offer for the 18-year-old winger. The move has not ended the chase. Contact between the two sides is said to remain constant, and Brugge is believed to be open to a slightly higher bid that includes a future sale percentage.
That matters because Barcelona are not treating Bisiwu as a short-term gamble. The plan is for him to join Barcelona Atletic if the deal gets done, with a route to Hansi Flick’s senior squad later on if he develops under Juliano Belletti. A four-season contract is being discussed, which tells its own story: this is a long-term project, not a stopgap signing.
Bisiwu has emerged as part of Barcelona’s wider effort to reinforce the left wing, and his name sits alongside other attacking targets in the club’s transfer work. Barcelona are also pursuing Karim Adeyemi, while the broader picture has been shaped by the need to think ahead of Raphinha, whose situation has been affected by injuries and Saudi Arabian interest. In that context, the push for Bisiwu is less surprising than the size of the first bid.
The friction point is straightforward. Barcelona have already shown their hand, Brugge have already said no, and yet neither side has walked away. That usually means the next offer will matter more than the first one. If Barcelona return with a slightly higher fee and Brugge gets the future sale percentage it wants, the deal can move. If not, the transfer can freeze at the exact point where both sides have admitted interest but neither has agreed to terms.
For now, the story belongs to that narrow space between rejection and resolution. Jesse Bisiwu is still the player Barcelona want, Brugge is still listening, and the next proposal will decide whether the teenager becomes a Barca Athletic project with a senior-team horizon or remains where he is as the talks keep grinding forward.
