2023-09-02 14:15:46
Barça’s priority is not sporting aspirations, but the club’s economic situation, which conditions everything. The Barça club has only spent 3.4 million for the signing of Oriol Romeualthough it has incorporated four more players (João Cancelo, João Félix, Iñigo Martínez and Ilkay Gundogan) and enjoy two gifts such as Lamine Yamal and Fermin Lopez, whose benefits have exceeded expectations.
These restrictions have also influenced the squad to lose three footballers on the last day: Eric Garcia, Abde Ez and Ansu Fati. Xavi assures that he wanted the continuity of the three, but that the economic needs and the will of the footballers came together in that he was forced to give them up.
“Ansu, Eric and Abde have personally come to tell me that they wanted to leave”, Xavi has assured, implying that João Félix has been incorporated due to Ansu and Abde’s desire to reorient their career to other teams where they could enjoy more minutes. “Those who have left is because they wanted to leave,” forcing the club to “move quickly” to find replacements.
It is not the case of João Cancelo, signing pursued since January to cover the flank of the right back and other positions. As versatile as the defender is João Félix, who Xavi sees as capable of performing anywhere in the forward line and even in more backward positions and whose signing has been consummated in the last few hours.
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“Whether or not we will have a better team than last year will be seen at the end of the season, when the notes are posted. This is going to prove it on the field,” said Xavi, appealing to the yardstick of the titles. A reflection similar to the one he made about the benevolent draw for the Champions League. Barça is in an affordable group with Porto, Shakhtar Donetz and Royal Antwerp. “The goal from day one is to finish leading the group stage,” he admitted.
“Whether or not we will have a better team than last year will be seen at the end of the season, when the notes are posted. This is going to prove it on the field”,
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Reasons to go out
But the closure of the market so hectic for Barça attracted the most attention. Osasuna was only talked about once, and because of the question from Barça Studios. The interest in knowing Xavi’s opinion predominated now that he could already express himself about real signings and transfers and not suppositions.
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The coach detailed the three players who had made “the personal decision” to leave Barça. Xavi recounted that Eric had told him that he “needed a change of scenery” and that he tried to convince him to stay, but that the financial needs of the club ended up pushing him towards Girona. Ansu, the “club heritage”, has been loaned to Brighton so that he has the minutes that he does not get at Barça. “The goal is for him to succeed again at Barça,” he said. Abde “has insisted a lot that he wanted to leave,” revealed the coach, who did not find that the price asked for Betis (7.5 million) was a gift.
“There is a repurchase option. We have not lost anyone,” It was the positive reflection of the coach.
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