Barcelona ‘switch record two ex-Prem stars’ to attempt keep away from breaking FFP guidelines
Barcelona need to offload former Premier League stars Andreas Christensen and Raphinha in a determined bid to chop their wage invoice.
The La Liga champions are struggling financially and have to adjust to Financial Fair Play guidelines. After a disappointing season resulting in supervisor Xavi’s departure, the membership is planning for summer time reinforcements. However, they first have to considerably cut back their wage invoice, the Mirror stories.
While younger skills like Gavi and Pedri might fetch excessive charges, it is unlikely Barcelona would allow them to go. Instead, they’re contemplating promoting different senior gamers.
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According to Marca, the membership’s monetary uncertainty makes discovering a substitute for Xavi difficult. They’re now hoping to promote gamers to ease their monetary woes.
While some gamers like Gavi, Pedri, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and Ilkay Gundogan are thought of untouchable, gives for many of the squad will likely be thought of. The membership believes that Raphinha, Christensen and Jules Kounde would be the best to promote.
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Selling Christensen could possibly be a wise transfer for Barca, as they’d make a revenue from the free switch they secured in 2022 when buying the Danish defender from Chelsea, the place he spent a decade at. Raphinha, one other former Premier League star, can also be on the promoting block regardless of being purchased for £50million from Leeds two years in the past.
Despite potential gross sales, Barca’s sporting director Deco has stated to not anticipate any large signings this summer time. Instead, he emphasised the necessity for a brand new supervisor who can work with and enhance the younger gamers.
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“We will not do big signings next summer. We need a new manager who understands the situation of the club, who understands that we have a lot of youngsters that need to be improved and worked on,” Deco advised Catalan TV.
He added: “Who understands we are growing as a team and that we won’t make top signings next summer. We don’t want to (have to sell someone). The ideal plan is to improve the current squad without sales. But if you have to sell someone, it will have to balance our current squad.”
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Deco additionally talked about: “I think that selling (Ronald) Araujo plus (Frenkie) De Jong to then sign (Kylian) Mbappe would worsen our current squad. Before contacting a manager, we need to know which path are we going to follow as a club.”
