FC Barcelona pursues Jesse Bisiwu transfer

FC Barcelona was linked this week to Club Brugge winger Jesse Bisiwu in social-media posts and transfer reports, but neither club had announced a deal or confirmed negotiations as of Thursday, May 21. Club Brugge’s official website lists Bisiwu as an 18-year-old forward with Club NXT, its U23 side, and says he is under contract until 2027. Barcelona’s official website showed no announcement on Bisiwu on Thursday. The available public record, for now, is a mix of club biographical material and unconfirmed transfer reporting. ### Who is Jesse Bisiwu, the player being linked with Barcelona? Jesse Bisiwu is listed by Club Brugge as a forward born on Jan. 22, 2008, and the club says he signed his first professional contract at age 15. Club Brugge says Bisiwu progressed through its academy, moved up to Club NXT U23 and is regarded internally as a top talent. (clubbrugge.be) Club Brugge said in a Sept. 3, 2024 announcement that Bisiwu signed a new contract with Club NXT U23 through 2027. The club described him then as a winger and one of the youngest debutants in Belgian professional football after his Challenger Pro League debut for the U23 side. ### What do the official club records show right now? (clubbrugge.be) Club Brugge’s player page for the 2025-26 season lists Bisiwu with 15 Challenger Pro League appearances, 13 starts and 1,013 minutes played. That page lists no goals or assists in league play this season. Barcelona’s official website remained unchanged on Thursday with no player announcement involving Bisiwu. (clubbrugge.be) The club site instead carried routine first-team and women’s-team updates, and Barcelona’s schedule page listed its next men’s match as away to Valencia on Saturday, May 23. ### Where did the transfer link come from? Social-media posts on X dated May 20 and May 21 named Bisiwu as a Barcelona target, and broader transfer-aggregation coverage repeated that claim. (clubbrugge.be) Yahoo Sports, citing reports from Spain, said Barcelona had seen an opening offer for the 18-year-old rejected. MSN’s Dutch-language item also said Barcelona had approached Club Brugge and been turned down. (fcbarcelona.com) Other secondary reports went further. Ghana Soccernet said Barcelona had made an official offer, while TransferFeed said SPORT had reported formal talks and a plan for Bisiwu to begin with Barcelona’s B team. Those claims were not confirmed on the official websites of Barcelona or Club Brugge on Thursday. ### How does this fit Barcelona’s recent recruitment pattern? (sports.yahoo.com) Yahoo Sports said Barcelona had been linked with a number of young talents in recent weeks, framing the Bisiwu move as part of that broader push. That characterization comes from transfer reporting, not from a public statement by Barcelona on Bisiwu. Barcelona’s current official squad page includes several young first-team and academy-linked players, but the club has not publicly tied Bisiwu to that strategy. (ghanasoccernet.com) Without an announcement, the clearest verified facts remain Bisiwu’s age, club status and contract term at Club Brugge. ### What would need to happen next for this to become a confirmed transfer? (sports.yahoo.com) A transfer would ordinarily become official only when Barcelona, Club Brugge or the player publicly confirms an agreement. As of Thursday, May 21, Club Brugge still listed Bisiwu on its roster and under contract through 2027, and Barcelona had not published a signing notice. (players.fcbarcelona.com) Barcelona’s next public club milestone is its La Liga match at Valencia on May 23, according to its schedule page. Until either club issues a statement, the Bisiwu story remains a reported pursuit rather than a confirmed transfer. (fcbarcelona.com) (clubbrugge.be)