Several clubs interested in Pjanic as the transfer window approaches deadline day
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The doubts surrounding FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper situation seem to have been resolved, as both Neto and Peña look set to stay at the club.
It is finally official: Lionel Messi will not be an FC Barcelona player this upcoming season due to the club’s financial issues. The most stressful saga for Barça fans in recent times continues, as the captain is forced to choose the next chapter of his career.
According to SPORT’s Toni Juanmartí, Barça will soon inform Samuel Umtiti that he absolutely has to leave the club. The Frenchman had requested minutes in the preseason to prove he has recovered, and the club honoured his request, but their stance has not changed: he cannot stay under any condition.
Despite the seeming recent proximity in the positions of the parties in the negotiation, talks between the club and Ilaix Moriba’s representatives have cooled down again, according to Mundo Deportivo’s Ferran Martinez, and an ending to this saga does not appear to be in sight.
After over a month of the announcement, Memphis Depay was officially presented as an FC Barcelona player today at the Camp Nou. Laporta, Rafa Yuste, Mateu Alemany and Depay all spoke at the held press conference.
Ilaix Moriba’s contract situation has garnered a lot of attention recently in Catalan media, as his agency’s insistence on a pay rise has alienated the board and furthered an agreement between the concerned parties.
Barça have accelerated their ‘exit operation’ and seek to release Umtiti and Pjanic in order to lower the wage bill. The priority is to lower the salary bill to fit Messi, parting ways with players that Koeman does not want.
According to Cataluyna Ràdio, Mateu Alemany has presented a contract extension with more favourable terms for the club to Sergio Busquets’ representative, as part of the club’s attempt to reduce the wage bill for the coming fiscal year.
Premier League side Leeds United are close to signing Barcelona left back Junior Firpo, club sources have told reliable ESPN and SPORT.
