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Quique Setién, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Éric Abidal, during the press conference of presentation

NEYMAR OR LAUTARO, THE PRIORITIES

Barça 2020/21 plans: Five transfers and one obstacle

Published:16/03/2020 - 16:26h

Updated:16/03/2020 - 16:56h

The technical office of the FC Barcelona works in distinct roads to form the staff of the next season. The culés plan important signings and exits

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That the FC Barcelona is going of more to less during the last seasons is an evident symptom of the wear of a staff that, from does a decade, has the same vertebral column. The research of reliefs generacionales for the current cracks goes to be followed and, of face to this next summer, the sportive direction has the quite clear-cut plans. These would be the bases of the Barça 2020-21.

Neymar Or Lautaro

The FC Barcelona needs to reinforce his forward and Neymar will be the big priority. The culés would need the pressure of the footballer (fulfilled the 28 years the past month of February) to Paris Saint-Germain so that it leave him go out and the intervention of the FIFA, that could mark a clause of exit this same summer that rondaría the 150 million euros.

Nevertheless, also it is planned the arrival of Lautaro Martínez,of a profile more than '9' pure and that, in his agreement with the Inter of Milan, has stipulated a clause of 111 million euros. By this same razon, is practically impossible the arrival of the Argentinian forward with the one of Neymar, since the investment would be disproportionate. This yes, would remain the joker to use to footballers like coin of change: Antoine Griezmann interests to the PSG and Rakitic or Arturo Vidal, to the Inter.

Reinforcements for four positions more

  • Right side: Nélson Semedo could leave in summer and to Sergi Roberto sees him more like midfield player. It leave or no the Portuguese, the club will study possibilities to reinforce this position, included the one to advance the arrival of Emerson Royal pertinent of the Real Betis.
  • Left side: Jordi Alba is 30 years old and looks for relief generacional for him, after Junior Firpo was not fulfilling with the expectations generated by his arrival the past summer.
  • Head office: Gerard Hammered is 33 years old and Samuel Umtiti follows without offering the performance that had before his ordeal with the injuries of knee. It leave or no the French, the Barça has marked like one of his priorities the arrival of a central.
  • Defensive midfield player: The idea of the FC Barcelona is to bring to a footballer of physical profile to occupy the position of '4', that at present ocuipa Sergio Busquets. One of the requirements will be that no desentone technically and can adapt to the 'style Barça'.
  • Francisco Trincao (fichado): The position of extreme also was slope to reinforce, although the Barça himself advanced the work in this sense. Trincao Will arrive next summer for apuntalar the right band. The Barça will pay to the Sporting of Knickers 31 million euros by him.

The economic situation forces to sell

Before taking action with the signings, the FC Barcelona needs to do box to square the balances of the current economic exercise. Or, said in other words: will have to obtain more than 100 million euros before summer so that the accounts go out. The Catalan entity trust can ingresar money with the sales of players like Philippe Coutinho, Ivan Rakitic, Arturo Vidal or Jean-Clair Todibo.

The economic difficulties culés even could carry to sell to any of the footballers titled, as they can be Nélson Semedo or Samuel Umtiti. Besides, for abaratar the incorporations, will contemplate the option to offer to other players like coin of change.

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