Jesse Bisiwu Shines at FC Barcelona: Olympiacos Seeks Loan
Jesse Bisiwu has needed only a handful of pre-season games to shake things up at FC Barcelona.
The 18-year-old Belgian, a summer arrival from Club Brugge, has forced his way into the conversation under Hansi Flick with a series of fearless displays, capped by a stunning brace in the 5-2 win over FC Basel last Sunday. Power, pace, long stride, direct dribbling – everything Barcelona’s scouting department highlighted when he signed has been on show, and rival clubs have taken note.
One of them has already moved.
Olympiacos make their move
As reported in Greece by Athletiko and relayed by SPORT, Olympiacos have contacted Barcelona to ask for Bisiwu on a season-long loan. The Piraeus side want fresh energy out wide and see the teenager as an ideal fit, so they have put in a formal request and are waiting for an answer from Catalonia.
On paper, it could look like a logical step: regular minutes in a competitive environment, European football, a club used to developing attacking talent. But Barcelona did not bring Bisiwu in to send him straight back out.
They paid around €8.5 million to prise him from Club Brugge only weeks ago and tied him down until 2031, a clear statement of intent from Deco, who personally pushed the operation. This was an investment with a long horizon, not a speculative punt.
Barça close the door – for now
According to SPORT, Barcelona acknowledge that Olympiacos’ interest is serious. They simply are not interested in entertaining it.
Inside the club, Bisiwu is seen as a future piece of the first-team puzzle, a winger with huge upside and the tools to grow into an important squad member in the medium term. The belief is straightforward: his development will accelerate faster if he trains and competes every day in an elite environment, surrounded by some of the best players in the world, under a demanding coach like Flick.
The calendar strengthens that argument. Barcelona face a long, heavy season across multiple competitions, with the usual cocktail of injuries, suspensions and dips in form almost guaranteed to open windows for hungry youngsters. Bisiwu is expected to be ready when those windows appear.
Flick, for his part, is counting on having the Belgian in his group. He wants to keep assessing him up close, session after session, rather than watching him from afar in another league.
So Olympiacos have knocked, and knocked hard, but the answer from Barcelona is clear: Bisiwu stays, his battle for minutes will be fought at the Camp Nou, and his audition under Flick has only just begun.
