According to SportsBoom journalist Ekrem Konur, Leeds have tracked Bardghji the longest and have an attractive sporting offer in terms of playing time. Aston Villa, Sunderland, Brighton and Hove Albion, Brentford and Everton are all also monitoring his availability.
Bardghji joined Barcelona from FC Copenhagen in July 2025 for just €2.5 million and signed a contract until June 2029. He made 28 appearances across all competitions last season, including a Champions League quarter-final appearance against Atletico Madrid, and contributed six goals. He started only seven LaLiga matches, however, with Lamine Yamal the dominant choice on the right flank and Anthony Gordon also having arrived this summer.
With Barcelona focused on generating transfer income, the club is open to a permanent sale rather than a loan — a position that puts them in direct conflict with Bardghji's own preference to loan out and retain a route back to the Camp Nou. That tension will shape how any deal is structured.
For Leeds, Bardghji would represent exactly the kind of dynamic, high-upside attacking signing that Daniel Farke's squad could use. The Yorkshire club are aware that wingers Wilfried Gnonto and Largie Ramazani have been linked with moves this summer, which increases the urgency for a replacement on the flanks.
Aston Villa's interest is driven by Unai Emery's tactical recalibration. The Europa League winners want pace and directness on the right side to supplement their possession-based approach, with the decline in Leon Bailey's form having left a gap that the club believes needs addressing this window.
For the smaller clubs — Brentford, Brighton, Sunderland, Everton — the appeal is a combination of age, market value and the development upside of a player still short of his ceiling. Each of those clubs runs a model that rewards exactly that kind of acquisition.
Ajax have also been linked, with the Dutch club understood to have discussed a loan structure with Barcelona directly.
At €2.5 million paid and up to £22 million potentially received, Barcelona's return on a twelve-month investment would represent one of the summer's cleaner commercial operations. The buyer must simply persuade Bardghji that a permanent move is better than the loan he wants.