Clément Lenglet is the new protagonist of 'operation exit'. Once the departures of Ilkay Gündogan to Manchester City and Vitor Roque to Real Betis have been completed, the Frenchman's folder is the next to be closed by the Barça board. The footballer has been one of FC Barcelona's main discards since the beginning of the transfer market and the Catalans have finally found a place for him at Atlético de Madrid, who are in the process of hiring him on loan.
At Can Barça they were forced to agree to the Frenchman's wish to place himself under the orders of 'Cholo' Simeone despite the fact that his intention was to get rid of him permanently. However, the defender also had to do his part to bring his departure from Barcelona closer. The culés proposed extending his contract to be able to repay his high salary over more years, a formula that, a priori, the player did not like at all.
Despite this, after rejecting the juicy offer that the Catalans received for his services from Saudi Arabia, Lenglet ended up giving in to his claims and, according to what was reported by 'Mundo Deportivo', he is willing to extend his relationship with the club.The footballer's current agreement, valued at 16 million euros gross, expires in 2026, and would be renewed for two more seasons. Those 32 million would be distributed over four and not two years, starting to earn 8 'kilos' per campaign, thus helping Barça to free up salary mass.
His departure to Atlético de Madrid, closer
In this way, and after many 'tugs of war', both parties seem to have found 'common ground', thus bringing their departure to Atlético de Madrid closer. With the restructuring of the Frenchman's contract, the mattress squad would take charge of 80% of the defender's gross salary, a factor that could be key in Barça's pending files, which would involve the registration of Dani Olmo and the possible signing of the left winger.