Due to the congestion in the center defender positions, Barcelona decided to send the 20-year-old Chadi Riad on loan to Betis this summer, and considering that the young Moroccan is taking advantage of the opportunity in Seville, the Catalans decided to buy his contract back just so some others rich(er) European club would not interfere and snatch their promising defender.Riad will return to Camp Nou next summer for 3,500,000 euros, since the agreement between Barcelona and Betis stated that the Spanish champion has the possibility to return the Moroccan representative for 7,000,000 euros in the next two years. That much will be paid to Betis, with the fact that the green and white Catalans need to pay 3,500,000 euros already because Riad fulfilled the pre-agreed number of appearances for the Andalusians.##NAJAVA_MECA_7766028##The Moroccan made the most of the injuries in the back line of Manuel Pellegrini’s team and established himself as one of the most standard players at Betis during the first part of the season. He collected 13 appearances in La Liga, 12 of them as a starter, and two more in Copa del Rey. Catalan Sport writes that Barcelona decided to react after foreign clubs began to inquire about the young defender, so that he will fight for a place in the Catalan team next summer. However, it is expected that Riad, who came to Barcelona as a 16-year-old from Mallorca, will initially be a replacement for Inigo Martinez, Andreas Christensen and Erik Garcia, although some of them could be sold in the summer transfer window as and Jules Kounde, who has had injury problems since his arrival from Sevilla and failed to bring the desired stability to Barcelona’s defense.🗞 ¡Buenos días! Aquí tenéis la PORTADA del día🔀 Chadi Riad volverá al Barça en verano y saldrá un central😭 Messinho también se le puede escapar al FC Barcelona#podcast #portada #barça #fcbarcelona #joaofelix #bergvall #betis #futbol #soccer pic.twitter.com/SgHB9IHoxb— Javi Gallardo (@JaviGallardo_11) December 26, 2023
