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·2 August 2025

Agent shares untold chapters of Roony Bardghji’s Barcelona move

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FC Barcelona is a club that has a rich history of special stories about how players manage to join the club. After all, the Catalan club is a dream destination for many aspiring players. Yet, only the fortunate few manage to make their way over to Barcelona.

The latest dreamer to find his way to the club just so happens to be Roony Bardghji. Hailing from Sweden, the 19-year-old right-winger has impressed a lot during preseason and is now seen as a direct back-up to Lamine Yamal as well.


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However, his journey to FC Barcelona is a special one. As highlighted by SPORT, the player’s agent, Christian Emile, shared the true story of just how the former FC Copenhagen player made his way to Barça by first highlighting just how much interest the player has always attracted:

When Roony arrived in Malmö at only 13, he was already on the radar of top clubs and agencies across Europe.

However, when Roony Bardghji suffered a severe ACL injury, Emile was actually at FC Barcelona, focusing on a meeting:

What most people don’t know is that in May 2024, when Roony got injured, I was actually at Barcelona’s training grounds for a meeting with the club. In the middle of the meeting, my phone started ringing nonstop—it was FC Copenhagen calling to tell me about the injury. The room fell completely silent. It was a very tough moment for everyone, knowing such a young talent had suffered a serious injury.

Yet, he claimed that the interest from La Blaugrana always remained constant, despite the fact that many meetings took place:

There were multiple meetings. I was in regular contact with Barcelona, as I was with many other clubs.

A childhood fan of Barça’s, it was always Bardghji’s dream and one that everyone around him believed he would realise one day:

I think most people have seen childhood photos of Roony wearing a Barça jersey. It’s always been a dream for him and his family. We always believed that someday he’d wear the blue and red for real.

A player who attracted a lot of attention no matter what, Emile highlighted just how many clubs wanted his signature:

In almost 20 years as an agent, I’ve never seen so much interest in a player—especially one who had just returned from a long-term injury.

Ultimately, however, Bardghji wanted to leave a transfer fee behind for FC Copenhagen instead of leaving on a free transfer, and that is where Barcelona respected his wishes and directly paid a transfer fee in order to sign him:

Although he felt the time was right to take the next step in his career, he didn’t want to just walk away from FC Copenhagen. Out of respect for the club and the fans, he insisted on a formal transfer. That speaks volumes about his character.

Now, with Bardghji finally at the Catalan club, he gets to show off his talent on the biggest stage. So far during the preseason tour of Asia, he has managed to do just that and has impressed so far under Hansi Flick’s orders.

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