Fair play is a priority for FC Barcelona, but the club has seen that the slow pace of its transfer activity is complicating matters, as anything that happens from now on will not count towards the current financial year. In addition, the signings of Nico Williams and Joan Garcia mean that the club needs to reduce its wage bill, and to do so it is willing to listen to offers for players who have been declared non-transferable to date, such as Fermín López and Ronald Araújo.
Sale of Pablo Torre
Although Pablo Torre’s departure is at an advanced stage, it did not take place before the 30th, so the potential income from the deal will not affect fair play but will affect the release of salary mass.
Everything points to the player leaving for Mallorca in a transfer worth around €5 million for 50% of the player’s rights, as Barcelona wants to retain control over the promising Cantabrian player’s future. There are more suitors in LaLiga and abroad waiting for the player, so his departure from the club will be a reality in the coming days, whatever his destination.
Barça listening to offers for Fermín
The Catalan club will not make much money from the expected departures of Ansu Fati, Pablo Torre, Iñaki Peña, and Pau Víctor, so it needs to generate more income to be able to enter the market with guarantees.
Although the decision to close the door on players such as Fermín López is firm for the moment, the club’s need for salary cap space and money could change the situation if an offer that convinces the club arrives. Fermín will have tough competition for playing time, although that has not stopped the Andalusian in the past.
The player’s intention, a priori, is also to stay, but the next few weeks will be key to his future. That said, he would only move if a big offer came in that satisfied both parties. Although he has a clause of $500 million, the specialist website Transfermarkt values him at $50 million, meaning that anything above that would not rule out a departure.
The player is clear that he wants to continue, as he recently told the media. “I’m not thinking about leaving. I’m very happy at Barça. It was my dream and I want to stay,” he said. However, he has no shortage of suitors and if the situation requires it, his departure could become a reality.
Araújo with a juicy clause
Another player who is likely to be sold to shore up the team’s finances is Ronald Araújo. From July 1 to 15, his release clause drops to $65 million. The center back wants to stay at all costs, and there is debate within the Blaugrana club because they need to sell a center back, and the Uruguayan has more market value and would bring in more money than Andreas Christensen.
He ended the season with the backing of Hansi Flick, who said he was confident that “he will be here. It has been a difficult season with the injury, but he has been able to come back,” he argued, emphasizing once again that “Cubarsí and Iñigo have played very well, it has not been easy to join the group, but I have a lot of confidence in him for the preseason.”
For now, the player is getting ready to rejoin the team, and we will see what the future holds for him at Juventus, a club he could have left in January and which is still interested in signing the center back.