With the upcoming January transfer market, Barca are likely to make big moves. According to the daily sport newspaper, in order to cope with the new La Liga rules to register Garvey, Nico Gonzalez and Abd into the first team, Barca must free up enough places, which means that Coutinho, Umtiti, Demir and Luc De Jong may all leave the team.
Spanish media revealed that Xavi almost made a fatal mistake in the match against Elche, that game he originally hoped to bring more young players from the B team, but La Liga stipulates that there must be at least 7 first-team players among the players who play, and on the same day, Barca represented Navarre in time to remind Xavi, Xavi was forced to change the plan at the last minute, if la Liga rules are violated, Barca will be directly awarded.
In response to La Liga regulations, Barca plan to register Garvey, Nico Gonzalez and Abd in the first team in January, with Garvey and Nico Gonzalez having the highest priority, and both of them scored against Elche. Barca also plan to offer the 17-year-old Garvey a new contract, which currently earns only 100,000 euros a year, and Barca are ready to sign a new contract with Garvey that expires in 2026 in the next few weeks, with a renewal bonus of 1.5 million to 2 million yuan. Xavi also publicly appealed: "We must renew the contract with Garvey immediately, he represents the future of Barca, if the club does not have money, we will come together to think of a way." ”
So who will make room for Garvey, Nico Gonzalez and Abd in the Barca first team? Aguero has announced his retirement, the vacancy left by Pjanic will be filled by Alves and Demir will also leave (if he plays one more game, Barca will pay a 10 million forced buyout). Considering that Barca still need reinforcements in January, this means that at least two of Coutinho, Umtiti and Luc De Jong will leave, and even all three of them may go.
After Xavi's arrival, Coutinho was not reborn under the new coach, Xavi coached Barca to play 7 games, Coutinho only started once, and his performance was relatively flat. As for Umtiti, he played only against Osasuna in these 7 matches. Coutinho's annual salary at Barca is as high as 13.5 million euros, but the performance can not be matched, his contract with Barca expires in the summer of 2023, he is currently worth 20 million euros on the German "Transfer Market", barca spent a total of 160 million yuan to bring in Kubird, which is really a blood loss.