The winter transfer market is close to opening its window and after the end of the Christmas holidays in Barcelona, the strong activity will return to its offices, where the Catalan club intends to achieve new economic profits due to the sale of some players who wish to leave despite the announcement of Ernesto Valverde, the coach of the team not to leave any player in the winter.
Doubts persist about the continuity of many of the “Blaugrana” players who did not get many minutes in the matches or are not satisfied with their position on the team, which officials will use to achieve more financial profits.
Although Barcelona announced the size of its budget, which amounted to approximately one billion euros, it achieved only 124 million euros in revenue for the sale of players and aims to balance the income taking into account the arguments made by Barcelona CEO Oscar Grau that the sale of players is a large part of the club’s income and that the players Those who do not need the first team for their services must bring in good financial profits for the club, which is the approach followed in recent years.
There are four first team players nominated to leave the Blaugrana Castle in the winter or even the end of the current season and they are Arturo Vidal, Karlis Alina, Todibo and Ivan Rakitic, where officials will study their situation once the winter transfer market is opened.
Several press reports had indicated that Vidal could leave strongly in the winter because of his dissatisfaction with the minutes he received in matches, amid news that he had received an offer to move to the ranks of Inter Milan in January, but the Catalan newspapers confirmed that Valverde is opposed to selling the player who always offers distinct levels When it is needed.
The second name nominated to leave in January is the young defender Todibo, who wants to leave because of lack of participation in matches, where he received offers from many clubs, namely, Milan, Italy, Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen.
The third name is Carles Alena, midfielder and graduate of La Masia Academy. With Ernesto Valverde relying on Busquets, De Jong, Arthur Millo, Vidal and Rakitic in the matches, the player’s chances of participation have become slim and he wants to leave on loan and has received offers from Getafe and Real Betis to borrow in the winter.
As for Rakitic, he has been linked with leaving Barcelona since last summer, amid news that Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain wanted to sign him and he lived in a difficult situation already early in the season because of his lack of participation in matches.
Then, the coach of the team, Ernesto Valverde, started to rely on the player strongly in the recent matches, which raised speculation again about his continuation of the team or not in the winter, and there was no vision about his ability to leave after relying on him and Vidal as well.
The vision will be clear by the fact that the winter transfer market has opened its doors to European clubs. Will Barcelona plan to increase its financial balance in the winter, or will the plan be postponed to next summer?
