FC Barcelona want a lot but can do very little at this time. Even though they have done some successful negotiating with several attractive potential reinforcements, Barça cannot bring them in until they ‘clear up’ the dressing room and ‘clean up’ the financial books, which show a massive deficit. The previous administration headed by Josep Bartomeu left chaos behind and a huge minus that tied Barcelona’s hands for future business. Players’ salaries amount to horrifying 560 million euros, while for example in Bayern that number is 300 million, or in Real Madrid – 400 million euros. That is why many players will have to be sacrificed by the end of the month and the fiscal year in order to create space for the registration of new signings.Tue 22:00: (27.0) Rwanda (9.50) Senegal (1.12)Loans of Adama Traore and Luc de Jong have expired, Ousmane Dembele is leaving as a free agent, Frankie de Jong, Sergino Dest, Riqui Puig, Memphis Depay, Neto, Martin Braithwaite, Clement Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti, Oscar Minguesa are close to being sold… Players like Pique, Alba, Busquets and Sergi Roberto will have their salaries reduced again, maybe even by 50 percent, in order to put the budget in order and free up financial capacity for reinforcements.Barcelona already have an agreement with Andreas Christensen from Chelsea and Franck Kessie from AC Milan. Both come as free agents but can only be registered when some players leave the current team and some contracts are ‘reduced’. An verbal agreement was also reached with Robert Lewandowski, and all that remains is for Bayern to let the Pole go. There is already a delay for Barcelona and time is running out. Negotiations are also underway with Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta from Chelsea, who have one year left on their contracts at Chelsea.🚨 Barcelona are yet to officially announce the signings of Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié and the contract renewal of Sergi Roberto because they do not have enough salary margin to register them.(Source: @Sport) pic.twitter.com/MKUjQVVpay— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) May 30, 2022 Angel Di Maria is also waiting for the ‘unblocking’ of Barcelona. Although he has an offer from Juventus, the Argentine put everything on “standby” until he finds out what the chances are that he will end up at Camp Nou.Barcelona’s first wish for the winger position is Raphinha from Leeds. His agent is Deco, a former Barça player and a man who has a great relationship with club president Joan Laporta. Due to the chance to play for Barcelona, Raphinha refused negotiations with Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool, but those chances are not great because Leeds are asking for as much as 60 million euros and Barça can offer a maximum of 35 million euros.Also, Alexis Sanchez was offered to Barcelona, as Inter want to get rid of him, but the Catalans are not too stoked about the idea of the experienced Chilean returning.
