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BARÇA LIGHTENS ITS SQUAD

This is how Barça's 'exit operation' goes: Dest and Lenglet, the next to leave

Published:9/08/2023 - 22:40h

Updated:9/08/2023 - 22:40h

The first week of August has left as balance the second summer sale for FC Barcelona. Franck Kessié left 11 'kilos' in cash with his move to Al Hilal, €2.5M more than Nico González with his move to Porto

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With the sale of Franck Kessié to the To the-Ahli, the FC Barcelona has closed officially his second traspaso of the summer. The 'operation gone out' has been slower of the expected by the managerial culé and the 11 million euros received by the marfileño add to the 8.4 'kilos' fixed that left the course of Nico González to the Port wine. Besides, the club attained to close the sale of Francisco Trincao to the Sporting CP, a clear-cut operation from does several months with the group luso that allowed to add €7m.

For the Barça, the next aims regarding traspasos refers are Clément Lenglet and Sergiño Dest. With the Frenchman still there are hopes to find him place in the Tottenham, further of the doubts of the 'Spurs' to close his purchase. In the case of the American, the rescission of agreement earns strength in the last days, since the directive follows without receiving offers by the one of Almere, even, to negotiate his cession by six months or a year.

Two rescissions of agreement and three cessions confirmed in the market estival

The balance of the market of summer culé includes two footballers that have left with letter of freedom. This was the road of exit for Samuel Umtiti and Álex Hill, players without options to struggle by a place and whose low value of market forced to terminate his agreement. The central fichó free by the Lille of his country, whereas the mediocentro followed suit with the Betis before leaving yielded to the To the-Okhdood Saudi by a year.

Together with Hill and Umtiti also left free Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. The captain culminated agreement and descartó renew, whereas the left side terminated his agreement a year before the planned. Both ficharon by the Inter Miami, following in its footsteps Leo Messi. Others that opted for testing luck in other clubs were Chadi Riad, Pablo Tower and Julián Araujo, taking for granted that they would play very little with the first team this season.

The Barça will be able to do box with three of his young promises in 2024

Chadi Bent by the Betis, whereas Pablo fichó by the Girona and Araujo recaló in the UD ThePalms . The club expects that the three players win shooting in the 2023/24 to negotiate his traspasos the next summer, once return to Barcelona when concluding the season. If all course well, each one could leave between 5 and 10 million euros in box in 2024, although after recovering this year to Oriol Romeu is clear that any footballer can return to the Barça if it does merits for this.

Regarding shopping, casually the ex pivote of the Girona is the only reinforcement that has required an immediate investment (3.4M), since Iñigo Martínez and Ílkay Gündogan arrived with letter of freedom. Once they resolve the exits of Lenglet and Dest, the priority is fichar a right side and a mediapunta, in the measure in which the conditions of market and the 'Fair Play' financial allow it.