There is one month left in the transfer window, and FC Barcelona still has hot issues to manage. If the club had struck hard and fast, recruiting Anthony Gordon before the start of the 2026 World Cup, then signing Karim Adeyemi later, it is clear that the Blaugranas are falling behind. Indeed, the number 9 file is not moving forward, and it is even going very badly for Julián Álvarez. Even more worrying when we know that in addition to Lewandowski, the Catalan club could also lose Ferran Torres, coveted by Paris Saint-Germain. The sports management believes, in addition to that, that it is not necessary to strengthen the defensive sector, which is considered quite questionable by Barcelona public opinion.
A transfer window which is starting to worry more than one in Barcelona, even more so when we see how things are moving on the side of the sworn enemy, Real Madrid. Especially since this summer, Barça has no room for error. And it goes beyond the field. Indeed, this summer the Spanish champion is back to the 1:1 rule of financial fair play in La Liga, which allows him to spend with a little more freedom, and no longer have registration problems, unlike what has happened in recent years. However, next summer, the club will lose this privilege, and will find itself in a much more complicated context for recruiting. This is why at the start of the transfer window, the Catalan media announced a transfer window with fanfare, since basically, the objective was to have two transfer windows (2026 and 2027) in one.
Next summer will be more complicated
And for good reason, over the coming months, the club will once again have to temporarily leave the Camp Nou and return to Montjuïc, until the work on the third ring can be finalized. In a stadium with less capacity, less VIP ticket sales, etc., Barca will lose money and go back into the red for La Liga Financial Fair Play. This summer is therefore doubly decisive, and it is no coincidence that Barça had also requested a credit of 210 million euros, in the form of an advance on TV rights. Barcelona leaders had planned an XXL transfer window and for the moment, we are quite far from it. Certainly, the squad is young, and many players have plenty of room for improvement. But not recruiting correctly this summer can be a small sporting suicide, knowing that during the 2027 summer market, there will not be the possibility of recruiting a lot. A bad transfer window this summer would condemn the team for two seasons.
The lack of sales is currently also problematic for the Barcelonans, who have large debts to repay to several financial entities, including Goldman Sachs, with 50 million euros to pay to the group for the coming season. New credits could be requested to complete the work on Espai Barça in September, and the club will therefore need cash to meet deadlines and interest. It is for this reason that Barça is perhaps more greedy than usual, in the Marc Casado or Roony Bardghji files in particular. But for the moment, things are also dragging on in terms of departures, with 14 small millions recovered for Ansu Fati (Monaco) and Iñaki Peña (Panathinaikos). This month of August therefore promises to be so decisive.
