João Félix and João Cancelo are already in Barcelona. Just like the representative of both, Jorge Mendes. The sequence was the following. The Atlético de Madrid striker was the first to land in the Catalan capital with Barça and Atlético negotiating the details of his loan without a purchase option. Half an hour later, his agent arrived, Jorge Mendes, who also represents João Cancelo. The right-back, who had been waiting a week in Portugal for the agreement with City to become a reality, was the last. He landed past 18.30.
Barcelona will assume the tab of both players who will be registered with the guarantee of almost 12 million that President Joan Laporta deposited in LaLiga to compensate for the money from the lever that the German Libero fund has not yet paid and that had to pay 40 million euros before the transfer market ended. It should be noted that both Cancelo and João Félix have agreed to lower their chips to balance the accounts of the Blaugrana club, without enough salary margin to register.
The official loans of Ansu Fati and Lenglet and those that the club is negotiating for Abde and Eric Garcia will also help increase the aforementioned salary margin. Xavi refused to let these last two players leave because he considers that they are necessary players to complete an already short squad. However, in the last hours the club accelerated to transfer Abde to Betis and loan Eric Garcia to Girona.
Both players leave in search of minutes. Last week Barcelona met with Abde's agent, Javier Garrido. Although the club assured him that the player was not transferable because Xavi is counting on him, Abde was disappointed not to have minutes against Villarreal. The emergence of Lamine Yamal has also made him reflect. He had strong interest on the table from Betis, whose sports director is Ramon Planes, the person who signed him for Barça when he played for Hércules and with whom he maintains a very good relationship. This afternoon Abde no longer trained with Barcelona.
Yes, Eric Garcia, who has been talking with Xavi to request a loan to Girona, did exercise. The coach told him that he is a necessary player to complete an already short squad. But finally, and to balance the accounts, everything indicates that the footballer will leave for a year on loan to the Montilivi team to gain minutes and confidence. He is currently the fifth center back in the squad behind Araújo, Koundé, Christensen, Marcos Alonso, waiting for Íñigo Martínez, recently signed, to receive a medical discharge and be registered. Iñaki Peña and Gavi already appear on the LaLiga page. The latter by judicial order and in a precautionary manner.
