The Flick era has begun for Barça. The Barcelona players who have not played in an international competition have already discovered the methods of their new coach and his staff, who are imposing a fairly sustained pace on them during these first pre-season training sessions. At the same time, the former Bayern Munich player is waiting for reinforcements that are slow to come…
It must be said that the club’s financial situation and its problems with La Liga’s financial fair play are paralyzing the transfer window. The club must sell to be able to enter into this famous 1:1 rule, allowing it to finally spend every euro that enters its accounts. Suffice to say that in order to seal the Nico Williams deal and not get burned by PSG, this will quickly have to be sorted out…
Two offers have arrived
A player, and not the least, could thus be sacrificed according to the Catalan daily. Sport. It’s İlkay Gündoğan. Indeed, the club was waiting for offers for other players like Frenkie de Jong or Ronald Araujo, but they are not coming. The German international has serious suitors in the Gulf. An offer from Al Sadd, a Qatari club, has thus arrived on the desk of the Catalan management.
A second proposal from Saudi Arabia – the name of the club is not mentioned – has also been made to the Blaugrana leaders. Two offers that would allow the Catalans to pocket a small check, and to free up a rather substantial salary. The only problem is that the player, under contract until 2025 with an additional year as an option, wants to stay in Catalonia and is quite close to Flick. Barça may have to push him towards the exit…