BARÇA NEEDS IMPORTANT SALES
Xavi, the key piece to 'unblock' the operation out of Barça
FC Barcelona still hasn't finalized its first sale of the summer and time is running out against the Catalans, who are forced to release the wage bill. Xavi Hernández will have to intervene sooner rather than later
It is not a secret for anybody that the FC Barcelona is forced to generate sales to free mass salarial and fulfil the plan of feasibility that approved LaLiga at the beginning of this month. The Barcelona know very well that from the patronal will not do grantings and that, if they do not produce important exits, will have a lot of difficulties to inscribe the agreements of the players that will land in the City Condal to reinforce the staff of Xavi Hernández of face to the season 2023-2024. It is a game that the directors need to win.
Although the club will close the exercise 2022-2023 with profits by the 'crowbars' that activated during the summer happen, the forecast of the club was that it produced some exit before the 30 June and that also computed like profit. However, to three days so that it finish, there are not movements very advanced. The negotiations with the Tottenham by Lenglet keep and expect to receive offers by Samuel Umtiti, Sergiño Dest or Álex Hill, but for the moment there is not at all very concretised. It would have to produce a twist of unexpected script in the next hours, especially by the 'signalled' of the staff of the first team, so that the blaugrana begin his cleaning of changing room.
Has Xavi Hernández the 'key'?
It is very likely that, in the middle of the holidays after the end of season, what less want to do the footballers is to begin to argue his future. For the Barça, however, begins to be a need, especially because -as an information of Gerard Romero- lto sportive direction already would have communicated to the 'signalled' the intention that they do his cases and look for a new team. The 'warning' has not had the effect expected because, between other things, would be expecting that it was Xavi Hernández the one who notify them, directly, that do not have they of face to the next season.
In this sense, everything seems to indicate that the sportive direction culé, now headed by Deco and Mateu Alemany, has very clear who will go out this summer. The problem is that the feelings that transmit from the club are very diverse: if it does some weeks Franck Kessié, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres were the main candidates to go out and generate important income, now the first two would have opportunities to remain . This would leave to Pablo Tower, Ez Abde and the list of players yielded like the only candidates to go out. And this will not be sufficient.
The Barça needs income
While it finish of 'discover' the real list of players that can leave the City Condal, appear other rumours on the drastic decisions that it could take the Barça in case that they do not produce all the sales of the 'descartes' that expect. Frenkie Of Jong, a summer more, is in the eye of the hurricane, because now the club would not be so safe on his continuity. Especially if it arrives an important offer (of 80 million euros, like the past year?) By the Dutch midfield player that, until does some hours, was in the list of untransferable players of Xavi Hernández and company. It will be he the one who have to be sacrificed?
