The club has undergone a hard financial blow earlier this month, the Liga having chosen to reduce its salary ceiling for the 2025/26 season, the sale of its VIP places to 100 million euros having been excluded. Barcelona hoping to raise its salary ceiling, the club is confident in its ability to respect its 1: 1 transfer policy, which consists in spending only the money generated by measurable income.
Contract extension negotiations with Wojciech Szczesny and Lamine Yamal should now be suspended until the conclusion of a major sale, as reported by Révo. Hansi Flick could therefore have to separate from a key player to ensure his financial stability and increase his transfer funds for the coming months.
New information indicates that the main transfer candidate is key defender Ronald Araujo, due to his high transfer value.
Ronald Araujo as a currency?
In January, Araujo seemed to leave Barcelona before a turnaround led him to sign a new contract. However, the clauses of the agreement provide for a significant reduction in its release clause, now estimated at 65 million euros. The Catalans hope that this reduction will be triggered this summer, but time is running out.
According to Relo, Araujo is available for this amount until July 16, the date on which the clause will go back to more than a billion euros. As part of its strategy aimed at recruiting a key target and separating from Araujo, Barcelona could offer Liverpool an exchange involving Luis Diaz.
Barcelona openly studies a transaction for the Colombian international, but cannot currently afford a firm transfer offer. We do not yet know if Araujo against Diaz would result in a direct exchange, without compensation, but the persistent uncertainty concerning the maintenance of Virgil Van Dijk in Anfield suggests that Arne Slot could be looking for a new defensive leader on the Merseyid side.
