FC Barcelona is planning an intense summer in terms of transfers, as it has the ambitious goal of improving on this season’s achievements, where, under Hansi Flick, it won the Spanish Super Cup, LaLiga, and the Copa del Rey. The club’s ultimate goal is the Champions League, and to achieve this, certain changes need to be made to the squad, according to Deco and the German coach. This will require a transfer window in which the planned moves may not materialize, forcing the club to make some big-money sales, for which there is no shortage of candidates.
Closer to 1:1… but still no room in the wage bill
FC Barcelona continues to take steps towards financial recovery, but there is still a long way to go. The Azulgrana team is about to return to the 1:1 rule, where for every euro earned, one euro can be spent, according to Sport. This is because the VIP seats at the Santiago Bernabéu have finally been built, meaning that the $100 million in revenue from their sale can now be accounted for in the current financial year, thereby balancing the books of FC Barcelona, which has already signed Joan García for just over $25 million and is due to pay the $63 million it will invest in Nico Williams in the coming days.
In this regard, what still needs to be improved is the release of salary mass in order to register these signings, and the club is working on this, having already let Ansu Fati go on loan to Monaco, thus freeing itself of half of his hefty salary. The departure of Pablo Torre is also about to be finalized in a transfer that could bring in around $5 million, and the club also intends to offload Iñaki Peña, Pau Victor, Christensen, and Ter Stegen. The latter two will be more complicated as they refuse to leave.
The possibility of a painful sale
This is where the possibility of selling a player who was previously considered untransferable comes into play. There has been talk of the option of Ronald Araújo who, although he has the approval of the club and the coach, has an attractive €65 million release clause during the first few days of the month, which could lead to offers for the Uruguayan. There was also talk of listening to offers for Fermín López, who has a large market, but the truth is that Flick has labeled him and Eric García as untransferable with no option to reconsider. Other names are being considered as possible options, such as Casadó or Ferran Torres, who insist that they have an offer on the table.
The offer for Ferran Torres
Ferran Torres missed the end of the season due to an untimely bout of appendicitis, but the truth is that his performance has been outstanding, putting him on the radar of many teams.
After scoring 19 goals, always as a substitute except during Lewandowski’s injury, he is a great calling card for the Valencian, who is being pursued by English clubs, with Aston Villa once again linked with him, as they have been on a couple of occasions. In this case, it is BirminghamLive who claims that Unai Emery’s team is ‘seriously interested’ in the striker. The same source highlights that the Barça player’s price tag is around £35 million and that they are willing to put it on the table, but the player is reluctant to leave, as he has already expressed in recent hours, assuring that he is dying to form a trident with Nico Williams.