With the coronavirus, the closing of the stadiums, the reduction in income by television rights and sponsorships, the world of the football has seen totally affected and are few the teams that have not seen the hard consequences of the crisis, economically speaking. In the last years, the FC Barcelona had suffered financial problems, but with the pandemia have intensified a lot of more, what has forced to the club to forget , by the moment, of millionaire signings.
No only this, but also to see in the obligation to have to give off of some of his players to be able to go out to the market. The situation is very critical, but also very clear: if it does not sell , it can not buy. Besides that, the club also has to avoid a sanction by Fair Play financial, by what has to lighten his mass salarial, if it wants to give him the welcome to the Camp Nou to new footballers. In the summer already tried . They left Luis Suárez (Athletic Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Seville) or Arturo Vidal (Inter) practically free, but still like this was not sufficient so that the club fichara to Memphis Depay or Eric García, big aims of the culés.
Of this list of players 'prescindibles', still remain varied in the changing room of the Barça, to which the club will look for to give him gone out during this wintry market, that finalises in February, for like this devote to try return to Eric García to the City Condal. In the case of Depay, has complicated the situation after the same footballer left to fall that his intention is to remain in the Olympique Lyon, at least to the end of the season.
In this sense, there are two players with which Ronald Koeman does not explain at all: Samuel Umtiti and Junior Firpo. Although the Barça suffers a delicate situation with the injuries, especially in the defensive zone, any of the two has achieved to find his place under the orders of the Dutch technician. They have not achieved to surpass to his 'rivals' in his position, what has left them, once again, in the ramp of exit of the Camp Nou.
In the case of the central French, Umtiti, the situation is extremely complicated. His go through Barcelona has been conditioned by his constant injuries and problems in the knee, what has forced him to happen long periods lesionado and without opportunity to struggle by a place in the axis of the Barcelona defence. Besides, it has seen surpassed by all his mates: Gerard Hammered, Clément Lenglet, Ronald Araújo and even Óscar Mingueza, head office of the Barça B that has been the option 'safe' of Koeman when any of his usual head offices has not been available. The situation does more difficult because any club is interested at present in his index card and has agreement until 2023.
With Junior Firpo is very similar. It had arrived to the Camp Nou like the natural replacement of Jordi Alba in the right band, but has not convinced with his performance. It is true that has seen truncated his evolution by physical problems, but still like this has not finished to justify the 18 millions (more 12 in variables) that paid the FC Barcelona to the Betis by his index card. The good news, for the club, is that several Italian clubs have showed interest in him.
Braithwaite, likely exit of the club?
Martin Braithwaite has been one of the big disclosures of the Barça in the first stretch of the season. It has achieved 'colarse' in the eleven of Ronald Koeman and, in a lot of occasions, snatch him the titularity to Antoine Griezmann. The Danish, in silence, has showed that, although it is not a nine natural, contributes a lot of in the offensive blaugrana.
However, to the equal that in the beginning of season, could be in the ramp of exit of the club. In fact, the intention of the culés would be to improve him to be able to sell it in the market of signings. Braithwaite, for now, is the maximum second goleador of the culés, with the same five so many of Griezmann and Ansu Fati, by behind Lionel Messi (12).