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The sports management of FC Barcelona advocates the maxim of “letting out before entering ”With the aim of lighten the wage bill of the first team and incorporate players , such as Manchester City striker Ferran Torres, with a view to a winter market that is expected to be moved in the offices of the Barça entity.
In recent weeks, President Joan Laporta, and football director Mateu Alemany and coach Xavi Hernández have insisted that the Catalan club will seek to strengthen itself in the winter market as long as the entity’s delicate economic situation allows it.
The sports template cost limit was or then in 97, 9 million euros , a 28% of the 347, 1 million that I could use in wages in January of 2021, a cut caused by the fragile economic situation of the Barça club, which accumulated a debt of 1. 350 million and losses of 481 In the season 1200 – 21.
In November, After the incorporation of Xavi Hernández and the renewals of Ansu Fati and Pedro González ‘Pedri’, Mateu Alemany admitted that there was “no ‘fair play'” left over to make signings.
Last Tuesday, after the draw against Sevilla, Alemany himself pointed out that “there have to be departures and actions to comply ” the fi LaLiga nancial.
Club sources confirmed that the offices are working for to release players and renew Ousmane Dembélé to reduce, thus, the wage bill and enroll players like Ferran Torres, whose signing from Manchester City is taken for granted.
The names that sound the most to leave the club in the next winter market are Philippe Coutinho (the most expensive signing in the history of Barcelona) and Samuel Umtiti , whose salaries are among the highest in the workforce.
In the eight games under Xavi’s orders, the Brazilian forward has played a total of 115 minutes, while the central French s He has only played the 90 minutes of the match against Osasuna.
Another of the key movements in this winter market to free up wages is the renewal of Ousmane Dembélé who, by accepting a low offer, would allow Barcelona to save part of your current listing.
The third way to register players would be to increase revenue through new sponsorship agreements. Movements necessary for Xavi Hernández to improve a squad that in this first section of the course has missed the offensive punch of yesteryear.
Without the Argentine Leo Messi, since last summer at Paris Saint-Germain, the injuries of forwards such as Ansu Fati, Martin Braithwaite and Memphis Depay, and the withdrawal of Sergio Agüero due to heart ailments, Barça is thirsty for goals and offensive talent .
Everything points to Torres, from 21 years, it will be the star reinforcement in the winter window, but before entering someone must leave.
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