Embarrassing situation! Barça hope to find a home for 8 people including Kessie, Ferran Torres and Fati as soon as possible!
According to the newspaper As, Barca hope to find a home as soon as possible for 8 people including Casey, Ferran Torres, Eric Garcia and Fati.
Barca are in a kind of impasse because no one has left: the signing of Brazilian Vitor Roque is proof that he will have to wait until January 2024, since there is currently no salary space to register him. Barca's first team now has 30 players, including newly signed Gundogan and Inigo Martinez. If you add to that the fact that the team needs at least two new signings, it's clear that the club's sporting director Alemani will face a tight summer window to sell jobs.
Barca will have to sell at least eight players. At present, only Umtiti's contract has been terminated. The remaining 5 loan players will return on Monday. The situation of Lenglet and Dest worries and troubles the club because they are very high-wage players who have to be sold anyway. Players like Nico Gonzalez and Alex Collardo are not in such a hurry, but they cannot stay at Barca in the short term. Moroccan Abboud is the only one who can choose to stay, and if there is an irresistible offer, he may also end up leaving.
In addition to the departure of these four people, there are currently five players in the squad who are on the departure list. The first is Pablo Torre, who has plenty of options to leave on loan and the coaches believe he needs continuity in the game so as not to slow down his progress in the first team. Others are more difficult situations with little room for manoeuvre. After a conversation with Harvey a few weeks ago, Casey was willing to leave as long as the offer was very favorable. Ferran Torres is another player mentioned, but his departure is complicated by millions of installment debts to pay, while Eric Garcia, despite having the support of the head coach, could end up leaving if an interesting offer arrives. The last name on the list is Ansu Fathi, who may end up giving him one last chance, despite his refusal to leave the club in high regard by management.
In any case, of these last four players (Casey, Ferran, Garcia, Fati), three will have to pack their bags. Otherwise, Alemani and Deco will struggle to meet all of Xavi's needs, which will throw the team off balance to some extent.
If Alemani eventually succeeds in getting at least eight players out, Barca could also face two additional positions this summer to finalize the squad: a centre-back and a right-back. That leaves Xavi's squad with a total of 24 players and leaves a place for Vitor Roque, who will join in January 2024 if the transfer process is not completely changed.
