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Having handled Barcelona since last August, Ronald Koeman continues to try to polish the Spanish giants. According to the latest news, one of his efforts was to blacklist six players. Koeman wanted to sell them as soon as possible.
At the beginning of the Koeman era at Barcelona, there were rumors that the Catalan club was about to clean the warehouse of a number of players, one of the reasons being financial reasons. Koeman, who is Quique Setien, has also confirmed his plans in the near future.
“Many factors are involved, such as the financial situation at the club. I work with existing players, but if you ask if this is the ideal team for me, I have doubts. You can always improve the situation,” Koeman said in an interview. with Sports world recently, when asked about his squad.
Therefore, Gol Journal said there were six players who had been blacklisted by Ronald Koeman at Barcelona. With various considerations, the Dutch tactician did not consider these six players in his plans for the future.
Of the names mentioned there are Samuel Umtiti, Martin Braithwaite, Junior Firpo, Riqui Puig, Carles Alena, and Matheus Fernandes.
The last name mentioned actually just joined the Barcelona squad in the summer. Fernandes had previously been purchased from Palmeiras in January 2020 for 7 million euros, even though he only officially arrived on July 1.
Ronald Koeman hopes that the six players can be sold as soon as possible. One of them is so that their sales money can be used as a fund to recruit new players in the winter market.
He is reportedly prioritizing new attackers and center-backs to strengthen the squad. But the club’s current financial situation makes it appear that Barcelona must first sell their players in order to make the recruitment Ronald Koeman wants.
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