FC Barcelona knows how much it will cost to land wonderkid JJ Gabriel from Manchester United according to SPORT and The Times, who both cited anonymous sources.

The Catalans would have to pay something between £200,000 and £300,000 in compensation for the youngster, who has also been linked to bitter rival Real Madrid.

Furthermore, the teenager’s camp want a long-term contract worth at least €1 million a season after deductions, plus guarantees of forming part of the first team’s dynamics under Hansi Flick.

Other possible payments to be considered are potential legal complications with Manchester United, who aren’t willing to let JJ Gabriel go easily after news first broke of him seeking a change of environment.

At the moment, as his agent Ali Barat offers him around Europe, it is not just Barca and Real Madrid monitoring the player’s situation.

Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested, with the latter of those giants having previous for relieving continental foes of their prospects as seen when luring Xavi Simons from La Masia in the summer of 2019.

JJ Gabriel is considered a “risky bet” for FC Barcelona

While JJ Gabriel is undoubtedly talented, his project is a "risky bet" as noted by SPORT.

Though unverified, corners of football X are awash with reports of how complicated the prodigy’s camp is, and his trajectory through a number of clubs in England before even making it professional perhaps backs those claims.

It’s better not being held to ransom by a potentially disruptive influence demanding guarantees of first team football, whose backers clearly put him in the same once-in-a-generation bracket as Lamine Yamal, who made his first senior outing at 15.

Just because JJ Gabriel is highly-rated on English shores, it doesn’t mean that he’s any better than what is already on La Masia’s books preparing to take the leap one day.

Furthermore, there is already stiff competition on his preferred left wing in the FC Barcelona first team from the likes of Anthony Gordon, while at CAM there is Fermin Lopez or Dani Olmo and Raphinha is the false or pure 9.

This article was originally published on Forbes.com