250 million euros! Barcelona is making crazy money, Laporta sends 5 stars, and the Saudi league will take over
Just now, according to the latest news brought by the Saudi media Clarion Sports, Barcelona has been in contact with the official Saudi league, and the two sides will reach several deals in the future. Barcelona are hoping to ease the club's poor finances by selling several players in the squad in exchange for transfer fees. The Saudi side is very interested in this, and the two sides are currently negotiating a list of specific players.
It is reported that although Barcelona has repeatedly tightened its spending in recent seasons, after all, Bartomeu's overdraft of the team's finances during the Bartomeu period was huge. In addition, Barcelona later leveraged several economic levers to renovate the Camp Nou stadium and other projects. The team's finances still need to be fetched a lot of money in the summer to be able to function properly. On this basis, Laporta put the idea on several players in the team. According to people familiar with the matter, Laporta wants to sell five Barcelona players to the Saudi league in exchange for around 250 million euros.
The five-man squad has largely been finalised, including goalkeeper Ter Stegen, Jules Kounde at the back, midfielder Frenkie de Jong and Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski up front. Barcelona have submitted the list to the Saudi league, and Laporta has also spoken to those responsible. Laporta's attitude is very clear, as long as the money is enough, then these players can be taken away. He will give the green light to these deals on behalf of FC Barça. It is worth mentioning that the Saudi side is very interested in this, because there are two or three players in the list that they are very eager to get. So they basically agreed with Barcelona's proposal.
Objectively speaking, the Saudi league's pursuit of the stars of the five major leagues has not stopped. They hope to bring in some more capable and well-known stars to enhance the influence and competitiveness of the league. Nearly half of the stars previously purchased from Europe have not contributed to the league. Some even gave up their salaries outright and chose to leave the Saudi league. This is a big headache for the league officials, who hope to continue to bring in stars to improve the situation.
At this time, Barcelona proposed such a trade plan, which is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. Judging from the current five-man roster, players of the level of Ter Stegen, De Rong and Lewandowski are needed by the Saudi league. Because these three players have a very high exposure in the five major leagues, they belong to the kind that has both fame and strength. The Saudi league needs such stars and places them among the league's giants. Whether it's Riyadh Crescent, Jeddah United or Riyadh Victory. In short, after buying, it will become part of the league superstar program. Of course, the difficulty in negotiating between the two sides is the transfer fee. Fans who are familiar with the signing style of the Saudi league know that although they don't care about salary, they often offer stars an annual salary of close to 100 million or more.
But when it comes to actually paying the transfer fee, they are reluctant to spend money. They prefer visa-free, and the only thing they spent some time ago was on Neymar, who spent close to 90 million euros. Most of the other players in the Saudi league did not spend money. At this time, the new plan proposed by the Barcelona side, they still need to consider. The five players in the Saudi league need to pay 250 million euros in transfer fees to Barcelona, which is naturally nothing to the Saudi league. But for Barcelona, once the deal goes through, their finances will improve dramatically. After Barcelona gets 250 million euros, they can use part of it to maintain the balance of the accounts, and it can also be used for reinforcements. Barcelona need to further upgrade their squad. Rejuvenation will be the team's main style in the coming seasons.
Among several players, Lewandowski and Ter Stegen are veterans, and it is uncertain how much peak they still have, so it is understandable that they will be put on the shelf. Raphinha, on the other hand, is gradually marginalized in the team, so it is acceptable for Barcelona to give him up. As for De Jong and Kounde, it is entirely because the players are young and have potential, and the two of them will be put in it if they can sell for a price, which can be regarded as a painful parting of love. What do you think about Barcelona's desire to sell five players for a huge transfer fee?