This winter, FC Barcelona was unable to do anything against Paris Saint-Germain’s offensive on Dro Fernandez (18 years old). “He had a clause and we failed to extend his contract in time. We had an agreement with his agent that we would meet to negotiate his extension when the player turned 18. After that, things rushed and there was nothing more to say.recently confided Deco, the Blaugrana sports director.
For his part, Luis Enrique did not shy away from his pleasure at having picked up a youngster with certain technical qualities, even if the Parisian coach quickly calmed down all those who already thought they would see Dro Fernandez do well with the first team. “Dro is a high quality player, a different profile. We signed him for four, five years, not for a few matches. He’s a young player, we have to follow his development. I’m happy with his mentality, but there’s no rush.”
Dro would have cost PSG at least €25 million
Disappointed and annoyed to have seen one of La Masia’s promises slip away to a European competitor for an amount slightly higher than that of the player’s release clause (€6 million, editor’s note), FC Barcelona decided to react. Lately, Sport assured that the plan of the culés leaders was simply to increase the amount of the release clauses of its young nuggets. This morning, the pro-Barça daily said a little more about the amounts imagined by the Culés.
Thus, any young person called up to play a Youth League match will see their clause increase from €6 million to €8 million. And if he is called up to the reserve team, Barça Atlètic, this amount will increase to €10 million. Then, the amount will increase further if a Barça Atlètic player manages to play between five and ten matches with the first team led by Hansi Flick. And according to this new system put in place, Sport claims that Dro Fernandez would have cost PSG much more. Appearing under the orders of Flick on five occasions, the neo-Parisian would not have left Catalonia for at least €25 million. A sum which would undoubtedly have cooled PSG.
