In the past year, Barca have changed their reinforcement strategy due to financial constraints, and are keen on super cost-effective stars in the transfer market, which has been previously obtained by Eric Garcia, Depay, Aguero, Aubameyang and others. On March 2, Beijing time, Barca has begun to aim at the summer window, layout the new season in advance, and decided to waive the popular stars of the 2 giants, namely the popular star Christensen of the Premier League giants Chelsea and the popular star Casey of serie A giants AC Milan, both of whom are 25 years old, have a high cost performance, and will also be an investment in the future of Barca.
According to reports from the Spanish media "Daily Sport", Casey will officially become a midfielder for Barca on July 1, his contract with AC Milan expired in June, and he has now accepted Barca's offer, after many negotiations to reach a free transfer agreement. Journalist Skira revealed that Barca have been trying to bring in Casey since January, and Harvey sees him as the new Yaya Toure. Moreto, a well-known media reporter from "Sky Sports", said that Barca coach Xavi has called Casey, and Casey likes Xavi and Barca very much, suggesting that the suspense of the transfer is not big.
The "Daily Sports" also pointed out that Barca are close to winning Chelsea's main centre-back Christensen, the two sides plan to sign a 4-year contract, Christensen's contract with Chelsea is also expiring this summer, when it will be free to transfer to Barca, Barca has been in contact with Christensen since last summer, and a breakthrough has been made in January this year, and the two sides have reached a transfer verbal agreement. Journalist Herard Romero also confirmed the news that Barca and Christensen reached an agreement, and said that Christensen joined Barca 99%.
It can be seen that Barca have basically managed to get the popular stars Of The Two Giants, Casey and Christensen, and decided to waive all of them. According to the information of the authoritative transfer website "De Zhuan", Christensen's current value is 35 million euros, Casey's current value is 48 million euros, and the total value of the two reached 83 million euros, which means that Barça is exempt from signing, which is equal to a net profit of 83 million euros, considering that they are only 25 years old, the strength of Barca's midfield will be greatly improved.
Statistics, Christensen and Casey have maintained excellent form, Christensen has played 26 games for Chelsea this season, scoring 2 goals and assisting 1 time, ushering in his peak in the Premier League, transforming into a knife defender, the previous 4 seasons for Chelsea 0 goals; Casey played 27 games for AC Milan this season, scored 6 goals and assisted 1 time, compared with last season's performance of 14 goals and 4 assists in 47 games, and the overall state remains stable. According to this development trend, Barca's midfield in the new season will become stable, the attack and defense will be more balanced, and the future can be expected.