Lamine Yamal is doing wonders at EURO2024 and Barcelona have a lot to hope for in the future. But Yamal, who is 16 years old, certainly cannot do it alone, and the Catalans are having a tough time with the selection of the team for the next season, since they are not in the best financial position, so they cannot keep even their youngest, the stars in the making.Today, the news shoot across the Pyrenees: Chelsea have paid the modest exit clause of 6,000,000 euros to bring 18-year-old Barcelona striker Marc Guiu to Stamford Bridge.Last season, he made several appearances for the Blaugrana senior team, but he quickly realized that he would not easily get minutes next to Robert Lewandowski. Not to mention that Vitor Roque, a big club project, is still waiting for his big break.Barca offered a new contract, Guiu refused, and since in Spain every contract must have an exit clause, Chelsea took advantage of it. The Blues gave the player more money, convinced him that he has a better perspective in London, with the fact that he will continue the pursuit of a more experienced attacker, the first target being Jonathan David, who scored 19 goals for Lille last season.Chelsea scouting France, Germany and Spain for a new strikerOn the other hand, Barça are also being ‘attacked’ from other sides. Mundo Deportivo writes that Jorge Jesus has requested for the Saudi champions to buy Raphinha. Here Blaugrana is trying to make the most of the situation, so they are asking for compensation of a minimum of 90,000,000 euros. Of course – 100,000,000 would be even better for Joan Laporta.##NAJAVA_MECA_8180781##Everyone else would have told them they were crazy, but Al Hilal had no issue with paying big bucks so far. After all, this is the club that bought Neymar (for exactly 90,000,000 euros), and then when he got injured, they also bought Renan Lodi for 23,000,000 without any problems. Last season, they spent 376,000,000 euros on compensations alone – 60,000,000 for Malcom, 55,000,000 for Ruben Neves, 52,600,000 for Aleksandar Mitrović, 40,000,000 for Sergej Milinković Savić, then 23,000,000 for Kalidou Koulibaly, 21,000,000 for Bounou…🔜🏴 | 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐓 @ChelseaFC 🔵🇧🇷 Estêvão (17y, RW)🇪🇨 Kendry Páez (17y, AM)🇪🇸 Marc Guiu (18y, ST) 📈🌟 Combined Potential: 29.1/30 pic.twitter.com/DoS2EizPVm— Rising Stars XI (@RisingStarXI) June 24, 2024
