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The ‘Azpilicueta syndrome’ threatens the Barça market

He FC Barcelona he faces an especially difficult summer to sign for multiple reasons. The need to reduce their salary mass by around 200 million euros to adjust to the economic demands of LaLigathe disturbing derivatives of ‘The Negreira Case’as the investigation announced by UEFA It is not yet known with what consequences, and the impatience of the possible reinforcements that other proposals have, are obstacles that complicate the culé market. 2022 was no longer exactly easy, saved by financial ‘levers’. In fact, some player with whom almost everything was discussed did not arrive. César Azpilicueta was the obvious example. Finally. the captain of Chelsea he opted to extend his ‘blue’ contract in August. Marcos Alonso had to wait so long who signed for Barça outside the conventional market terms, already as a free agent after terminating his contract with Chelsea. In a few months the ‘most difficult yet’ of the culé market will arrive.

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VITOR ROQUE

Objective that the ‘fair play’ delays

As Roger Torelló advanced in MD, Barça is completely conditioned by the ‘fair play’ of LaLiga in operations such as Vitor Roque’s. 18-year-old Brazilian forward who is runner-up in the Libertadores with Athletico Paranaense and champion and Pichichi of the South American Sub’20. He would be one of the few players for whom Barça would pay a transfer this summer, something that he cannot do now, not due to lack of liquidity, but because of the financial ‘fair play’ imposed by LaLiga. This delay can boycott the transfer and explains why Barça is considering playing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the age of 34, as long as he comes free of a Chelsea contract and with a card that fits within the allowed limits.

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INIGO MARTINEZ

The Athletic center is looking for a home

Iñigo Martínez, a 31-year-old center-back, ends his contract with Athletic Bilbao in June and is an old Barça target, since the days of Ernesto Valverde on the culé bench. Despite the fluctuations in interest, his upcoming free agent status makes him an attractive signing, even more so depending on possible departures that occur. These days it transpired that Atlético de Madrid, one of his suitors, strayed from that path when he sensed that the defender would end up at the Camp Nou. The journalist Gerard Romero even advanced that the international defender is already looking at houses with a view to a possible signing for Barça which, as always, will depend on the salary ‘fair play’ margin available to the club.

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ILKAY GUNDOGAN

Everyone wants to, but the puzzle must fit

The Athletic took for granted this Friday that Ilkay Gundogan had in his head the desire to play LaLiga. FC Barcelona is his illusion, as he advanced in his MD day. The German international midfielder for Manchester City ends his contract in June and at 32 he continues to be an important piece for Pep Guardiola, a football idea that draws from the same sources as Xavi Hernández’s Barça. Gundogan convinces Barça for quality and experience. but as in all other cases, he will have to test his patience and his fidelity until all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. That, or renew.

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YANNICK CARRASCO

There is a purchase option, but there is no gap

Due to the transfer of Yannick Carrasco, a 29-year-old Belgian winger, Barça was unsuccessfully negotiating in the winter market in the operation that ended in the transfer of Memphis Depay to the mattress club. Finally, it was agreed
a purchase option worth 15 million euros for the summer, a figure that attempts will be made to reduce given that Carrasco’s contract ends in 2024. If the players free of contract will not have it easy to reach the Camp Nou, let alone those who involve paying transfer, unless they are considered essential.

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SOFYAN AMRABAT

What will Busquets do determines everything

The decision taken by Sergio Busquets conditions all of Barça’s sports policy with regard to the midfield. At the moment, there is no news about the captain’s response, whom coach Xavi Hernández loves. If he still ends up leaving, the unattainable dream of the coach is Martín Zubimendi, from Real Sociedad, another option is the Portuguese Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton) and the Moroccan Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina) remains, who did everything on his part to arrive on loan to the FC Barcelona during the last winter market. This Saturday he will be one of the players followed by Barça in the Morocco-Brazil match in Tangier, along with Vitor Roque, Ez Abde and Chadi Riad. Amrabat, 26, ends his contract in 2024.

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