Joan Laporta has revealed that there have been eight offers for Barcelona players. The squad’s most important players, including Pedri, Gavi, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen, and Alejandro Balde, have attracted interest from other clubs.
Meanwhile, Ansu‘s future appears to be uncertain, although president Laporta doesn’t seem willing to let him go easily.
Fati is poised to become a central figure in Barcelona‘s summer transfer window. Xavi Hernandez hasn’t been entirely satisfied with his performance, leading to speculation about his potential departure.
Some reports have mentioned a tempting offer of approximately 50 million euros from Arsenal. Nevertheless, Laporta deems this amount insufficient.
In fact, the president seems reluctant to sell Ansu. In an interview with ‘La Vanguardia,’ he stressed that the player needs to “earn Xavi‘s trust and make a difference when he takes to the pitch because he has the talent to do so.” Fati himself also wishes to extend his stay at Barcelona.
During the same interview, Laporta acknowledged that “there are also offers for Christensen, Pedri, Gavi, Araújo, Ter Stegen, Raphinha, and Balde.”
All of them are integral members of the team, and despite Barcelona‘s financial challenges, Laporta declared that the Blaugrana “are not a selling club, and we have no intention of parting ways with our stars.”
To address the financial situation and create room for maneuver in the transfer market, Barcelona are prioritizing the departure of players who have returned from loan spells with other teams this past season.
Samuel Umtiti has already left the club, and Clement Lenglet is expected to follow suit, although this transfer will take a bit longer to finalize.
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