Mika Faye's time at FC Barcelona is numbered. The Senegalese's future is one step away from being resolved, since the negotiations for his transfer are very advanced and both the defender and the Barça entity must decide his final destination. Although everything indicated that the player would end up heading to Rennes, Lille has 'meddled' in the operation at the last minute and is pressing to acquire the center-back's signing.
This was reported by the journalist specializing in transfers, Fabrizio Romano, who assured that Can Barça is already handling the two official offers from both clubs and analyzing the best option, so the outcome is imminent. However, none of the proposals would reach the 15 million euros demanded by the Catalans in the transfer of the footballer. Rennes reached 11 million more variables until reaching 15 and Lille could have offered a slightly higher amount.
Despite this, Faye's word will have a lot of weight in the final decision, since the defender's objective is to join a project where he will be guaranteed minutes and regularity to continue his progression. The Catalans are aware of the player's potential, which is why they have insisted on including a purchase option in the transfer agreement, although this could be a purely economic matter to buy him in the future and resell him, because the Senegalese does not He would have thought about wearing the Barça shirt again after feeling disappointed by the management of the club.
According to 'SPORT', the Blaugrana sports management had promised him a number in the first team and minutes in the First Division, but after the arrival of Hansi Flick to the Catalan bench he has been 'forced' to pack his bags for a new destination. The defender believes that he has lost valuable time in a summer in which he has been tried as a left back, but without much success.
Barça solves the 'overbooking' of centre-backs
Faye's departure is a result of the 'overbooking' existing in the center of the Barça defence. In fact, if a right-back is finally signed before the end of the market and Jules Koundé returns to the axis of the defense, the departure of another central defender cannot be ruled out. From the Spotify Camp Nou offices they are weighing their options and could wait for the winter market, with Ronald Araújo already recovered from his injury, or sell another defender this summer to free up more salary margin. 'Operation exit' continues its dizzying course.