Posted on November 16, 2021 at 5.30 p.m. by Th.B. updated November 16, 2021 at 5:35 p.m.
To have a real chance of completing her dream operation, namely the arrival of Erling Braut Haaland, Joan Laporta may have no choice but to sacrifice Ousmane Dembélé.
With the return of Xavi to FC Barcelona, but this time as a coach, Joan Laporta would have her work cut out for her. Indeed, the president of Barça should indeed, and this despite the economic difficulties encountered by the club culé, offer to Xavi Hernandez the means to fight to fulfill the various sporting objectives of FC Barcelona from this season. And to do this, the Blaugrana club will have to be active initially on the transfer market this winter. From Dani Olmo to Denis Zakaria through Raheem Sterling … The files would already multiply for the next transfer session. And as for next summer, Xavi would expect Joan Laporta to offer her a European football star. El Nacional was referring to Mohamed Salah in recent hours. However, the Erling Braut Haaland track would become more and more important and in part due to the determination of the president of FC Barcelona to secure its services. And for this operation to see the light of day, FC Barcelona would have to roll up its sleeves.
Barça will have to break the bank for Haaland…
El Nacional assured this Tuesday that Joan Laporta would always have in a corner of his head the desire to get his hands on Erling Braut Haaland on the sidelines of the summer transfer window of 2022, after having met Mino Raiola , scorer's agent for Borussia Dortmund last spring. The president would work underwater on this file for many months in order to complete this operation on the sidelines of the summer transfer window of 2022. To disembark at FC Barcelona , Erling Braut Haaland would demand to become the essential star of the team coached by Xavi Hernandez and benefit from an annual salary of € 30 million. Which could get stuck, unless FC Barcelona breaks the bank after making big budget cuts in the offseason. But this would not be Barca's only problem in the Haaland dossier.
… and offer Dembélé to Borussia Dortmund in exchange!
According to information disclosed by El Nacional, FC Barcelona would have the best chance of completing this operation if the club succeeded in offering a player exchange to Borussia Dortmund . The will of FC Barcelona would indeed be to lift the release clause of Haaland set at 75M €. However, another option, via the exchange of the services of Ousmane Dembélé for those of the Norwegian would be possible. To do this, however, FC Barcelona would have to reach an agreement with the Dembélé clan to extend his contract which expires next June. Mino Raiola would like to allow the BvB to immediately have an offensive element under the elbow in order to replace Haaland. The Borussia would wait Ousmane Dembélé with open arms. We still have to convince Xavi to give up the world champion, whom he would like to keep …