LIGUE 1 'PUSH' FOR THE PLAYER
The sacrifice that Barça will have to make to speed up the departure of one of their great discards
Published:21/08/2024 - 15:13h
Updated:22/08/2024 - 01:05h
Barça is working on the departure of Mika Faye. The Barça entity intended to receive 15 million euros for his transfer, but will have to give in on its claims since both Rennes and Lille are not willing to reach that figure
The 'exit operation' of FC Barcelona is advancing at a dizzying pace. The Barça entity needs to get rid of some players to free up salary mass and solve its problems when it comes to registering players, so after having more than advanced the transfers of footballers like Gündogan or Lenglet, the Catalans are looking to close Mika Faye's folder . The Senegalese wants to leave Barcelona and the club welcomes his sale to make cash, but his agreement is proving difficult to finalize.
From Ligue 1 they are pushing hard to take the defender, with Lille and, above all, Rennes being the two most interested in acquiring his services. However, both teams are suffering from the same problem that Porto faced, one of the first to negotiate his hiring, at the time, which would go through Barça's high pretensions to let the player leave.The Catalans are asking for 15 million euros for the centre-back, a figure that none of the teams is willing to pay.
However, Rennes has approached with a maximum proposal of 10 'kilos', and now it is in the hands of the Barça entity to find a formula for the Frenchmen to accept the operation. Bonuses could be added to these initial 10 million to get closer to what the Catalans intended. From Barcelona they handle the conversations with extreme caution, since they do not want to tighten the rope too much so as not to break the negotiations, as happened with the Portuguese at the beginning of summer.
A key sale for Dani Olmo
The transfer market has just over a week left and Can Barça still needs to sell players not only to take on some more signings, but also to register Dani Olmo. The Egarense was absent in the league debut for this reason, although Flick justified his absence by stating that he did not see him fit, and it would be a real 'setback' for the summer's star signing to miss the first official match at home against Athletic Club .
Faye is one of the few players through whom the Catalan institution can obtain financial benefits. Gündogan and Lenglet would leave with the letter of freedom, while Vitor Roque will leave on loan to Betis, thus ruling out the possibility of receiving the nearly 30 million euros that Spoting Lisbon was willing to pay for the Brazilian. For this reason, the sale of the Senegalese is beginning to be a priority issue at the Spotify Camp Nou, which is why more news about his departure may arrive in the next few hours.
