Barcelona hurries the last hours of the market to close several pending operations. First of all, the club is working to announce this week the renewal of Alejandro Balde until 2028 and face that of Lamine Yamal for the next three courses and which will close in September. Both players already signed a pre-agreement before the summer tour. Beyond ensuring the continuity of two essential values of the Masia, Barcelona will also close the arrival of João Cancelo as a loan for a course although without a mandatory purchase option.
Sources familiar with the negotiation point to this newspaper that, as Mundo Deportivo announced, there has been a change of plans in the initial formula. In the first instance, the right-back was going to arrive on loan with a purchase option of 25 million euros that would become mandatory if sporting variables such as overcoming the group stage of the Champions League were met. Finally, Barcelona has ruled out this agreement because LaLiga would account for the operation in the financial year of this course, affecting the economic fair play. The player's file will be assumed by FC Barcelona, which hopes to be able to release the wage bill with the departure of Lenglet.
The French center-back, who signed up for the League because that is how his departure counts to release economic fair play, rejected a proposal from Saudi Arabia. Specifically, Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr offered him a salary of 10 million euros net per season and another 9 million euros to Barcelona for the transfer. But Lenglet considers that it is not yet the time to go to Arabia and he continued looking for a European destination. Sevilla has taken an interest in him. It happens that the card of the center-back this course has a cost of 16 million euros and the Andalusian team will wait until the last day of the market to continue negotiating with the Blaugrana team.
At the moment, no more departures are expected in the club's offices. However, there are soccer players' agents who are moving and players who are rethinking their future. One of them is Eric Garcia who has received interest from Girona just as Cadena SER advanced. The central defender from Martorell had minutes in the games against Cádiz and Villarreal but he knows that he has a lot of competition. However, Xavi Hernández has him. He considers that he is a necessary footballer to complete an already short squad. He likes his commitment, his personality and values his work very much
The one who did not play for a minute against Villarreal is Ez Abde. The Moroccan winger could also rethink his future. Although Barcelona assured their agent, Javier Garrido, in a meeting that took place last week that the player is not transferable because Xavi has him, their entourage assures that "everything is possible" and that his future "depends on if powerful offers arrive”. Abde has received strong interest from Betis, whose sports director is Ramon Planes, who signed him for Barça when he played for Hércules and with whom he maintains a very good relationship. Although the Andalusian club has registration problems, Betis sources assure that they are still very aware of the Moroccan winger.
Although it is very difficult for it to happen because he wants to stay at Barcelona, a departure from Ansu Fati is not ruled out 100% either. The player's thinking four days after the end of the transfer market remains the same: he wants to stay. But no one at the club escapes that he would like to be more of a protagonist while, for the moment, Xavi has counted on him as a revulsion.
Only if any of these exits are closed, Barcelona would consider signing another striker. The best positioned is João Felix. The Portuguese, blessed by the board of directors and represented the same as Fati by Jorge Mendes, does not count for Simeone. Asked Laporta in Villarreal about the possibility of incorporating more players beyond Cancelo, he responded with "I think it will be more than one". Xavi Hernández would prefer that neither Ansu Fati nor Abde leave.
