Posted January 1, 2022 at 10 pm by AC
On this first day of the winter transfer window, Xavi set the tone, explaining that several players could leave FC Barcelona in the coming weeks.
This summer, FC Barcelona was forced to push Antoine Griezmann to Atlético de Madrid , but above all to see him go helpless Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain. All this because of a catastrophic economic situation, which took out a loan of 595M € to be able to survive. The leaders of Barça seem intent on continuing to tighten their belts and in this winter transfer window several players should therefore be invited to leave. Names have already been quoted by the Catalan press, such as those of Luuk de Jong , Yusuf Demir and in particular Ousmane Dembélé, who has still not extended his contract.
“To recruit, you will first have to sell, that's clear”
Present at a press conference this Saturday, Xavi confirmed that departures should take place during this winter transfer window. “We are working on it. The transfer market started today. We have to take a lot of things into account. To recruit, you will first have to sell, that's clear, ”explained SPORT, the FC Barcelona coach, addressing in particular the cases of Luuk de Jong and Yusuf Demir. “They have a contract, they are part of our team and they can participate at any time. It’s true that we’ll have to deal with the salary cap, but both are part of the squad today ”.