LaLiga has already sent FC Barcelona the approval of the feasibility or treasury plan that the entity presented at the end of April. With the savings plan presented, which includes the departures of Griezmann, Memphis, Alba and Piqué, FC Barcelona can now register the contracts of Gavi and Araújo as well as make the renewals of Iñaki Peña, Sergi Roberto and Marcos Alonso feasible.
Sources from the Barça club also point out that after the employer’s OK, it will be possible to “advance the sports project with new additions”. In this sense, the one that is closest to becoming official is that of Iñigo MartÃnez, the Athletic Club center-back who has not renewed with the Basque entity and who arrives free after ending his contractual relationship with the Biscayan club. The footballer is already in Barcelona waiting for the club to announce his signing.
The Barça feasibility plan contemplates a 15 percent reduction in ordinary expenses in two years (that is, saving some 150 million euros in the budget of the sections and in salaries of the club’s staff) and reducing 120 million euros of mass salary this season, including player sales.
From the employers they insist that Barça continues with the financial fair play exceeded. If they fail to lighten the expected salary mass, it will be impossible for him to return to the 1-1 rule (for each salary that comes out, one equal can come in) and sign normally in the summer. So that they will only be able to invest in transfers 40 percent of the savings they generate.
Precisely the OK of LaLiga was discussed yesterday in the meeting between Jorge Messi and Laporta. The Barcelona president asked Jorge Messi for patience, who wanted to know first-hand if LaLiga would give the plan the green light. Beyond Barcelona’s interest, if sources close to the player have made something clear, it is that the only formal proposal they have on the table is that of Saudi Arabia, although in the last hours Inter Miami has also accelerated to sign the Argentine.
However, as stated by the Argentine’s father and agent, Messi wishes to return to FC Barcelona. “Leo wants to go back to Barça and I would like to,” he said. Even so, Messi will not wait until the end of the transfer market. “I would love for him to return to Barça. He knows because we’ve talked. The ideal scenario would be to have him and a defensive pivotâ€, confessed the coach Xavi Hernández, who also explained that this week could be definitive.
The coach’s intention is to start communicating the absences when the team returns from Japan after having played today the friendly match against Iniesta’s Vissel Kobe. Ansu Fati is one of the names that is on the exit ramp. There may be at least two more sales.
