FC Barcelona is still deeply involved in personnel planning for the new season. Lionel Messi’s contract is still pending, and the recently hotly debated swap between Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez with Atletico Madrid is not yet through. Above all, the Catalans need to create space and free up funds.
According to media reports, every Barca kicker, with the exception of a few professionals, is for sale as long as the price is right. However, expensive slow-moving goods such as Philippe Coutinho have not yet found a particularly hot market. The sports newspaper Sports world now reports, citing internal sources at FC Barcelona, that three departures are most likely. These are attackers Martin Braithwaite, midfielder Miralem Pjanic and defender Samuel Umtiti.
Braithwaite is most likely to have a future at Barca
Braithwaite has had a strong EURO with Denmark and is one of the most likely to generate interest in the market. At the same time, however, thanks to the comparatively moderate salary, the fast attacker is most likely to stay in the spirit of Barca. Pjanic and Umtiti are said to have even offered the club to change for free (fussball.news reported). So far, both professionals are reportedly reluctant to leave Catalonia. Nevertheless, according to the sports newspaper published in Barcelona, the club is optimistic that a solution will be found. Umtiti could move to the French homeland, Pjanic back to Serie A, where he played for AS Roma and Juventus.
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