Barca Transfers and Rumors

[Interlop]

I hope we can sell good this summer but it seems unlikely.
I know life is not fifa or FM, but IMO:
SELL:
1. M. Fernandes 5M
2. Kondrad 5-10M
3. Braithwaite 10M
4. Firpo 10-15M
5. Umtiti free
6. Trincao 30-40M
7. Roberto free-10M
8. Pjanic 10-20M
9. Coutinho 5-15M
10. Alena 10-15M

Maybe sell Dembele if we cannot extend his contract, and sell Griezmann it we can get an offer 60M+, his wages are massive.

 

[Messi983]

Adam Hlozek has renewed his contract with Sparta Prague until 2024. Looks like he won't be leaving this summer but we should keep an eye on him.

He was out with a metatarsal fracture for 4 months this season but still had 15 goals and 8 assists in 19 league games.

 

[Bobo32]

https://twitter.com/barcacentre/status/1399242589354725376

Who knows...
Some gave me shit about swaps being an opportunity... I guess Sevilla could make good use of a few players Barcelona deems worthless.

 

[Messi983]

Would like to see this happen but it's highly unlikely imo.

Madrid has better options to get him if they'll accept player exchange which is far from certain when United could probably offer them something like 60-70m although I think they might prefer Varane which would then allow RM to go after Kounde (hope to be wrong though).

We don't really have all that much to offer that would interest them and (more importantly) our players wouldn't accept lowering their wages to join Sevilla. But I guess we could make a package of Roberto, Lenglet and Puig to try and convince them.

 

[mc_lovin]

I don't think Real would go for Kounde. I am sure they will keep one of Ramos and Varane and call it a day in defense. Plus Alaba-Kounde looks weird on paper, both are rather similar. But god only knows what they want to do with Alaba.

 

[Messi983]

Let's hope. Would really hate to see him going there. With Zidane leaving maybe he'll have second thoughts about joining RM but he has said a few days ago he's ready to move to a bigger club. If we won't be able to sign him hopefully Sevilla will keep him for another season.

 

[Porque]

Adam Hlozek has renewed his contract with Sparta Prague until 2024. Looks like he won't be leaving this summer but we should keep an eye on him.

He was out with a metatarsal fracture for 4 months this season but still had 15 goals and 8 assists in 19 league games.

Watched him in two Sparta games and liked what I saw. He is not ready for a big club yet but would have been a fantastic addition for Barcelona B in Segunda.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Watched him in two Sparta games and liked what I saw. He is not ready for a big club yet but would have been a fantastic addition for Barcelona B in Segunda.

He is the kind of player that gas zero reason to do that, will probably prefer a step to Bundesliga than such a move

 

[Messi983]

Watched him in two Sparta games and liked what I saw. He is not ready for a big club yet but would have been a fantastic addition for Barcelona B in Segunda.

Would be a step back in his career going to Barca B.

If our financial situation would be better I'd be all for signing him for 15-20m and loaning him back to Sparta for another season and then maybe to La Liga team to continue his development. But we can't afford that now. Maybe we could try to repeat the Emerson deal though and find La Liga team that likes him and would give him enough playing time but can't afford to buy him alone. A club like Celta comes to my mind. But again, this is very unlikely as well.

This kid had offers from a lot of big teams but has decided to renew his contract which probably says he (and/or his entourage) is smart enough to take step by step approach early in his career not just jump on the first offer he'll get. So it would be expected he'd choose Ajax, BL (Leipzig, Dortmund, Gladbach) or Ligue 1 (Lille, Monaco,...) as a stepping stone to a bigger club.

 

[Porque]

He is the kind of player that gas zero reason to do that, will probably prefer a step to Bundesliga than such a move

Possibly. But also, if it is established that the Ansu, Pedri, Ilaix root is the norm and not the exception then we can get higher level talents to learn the style and expedite to the first team. He is only 18.

Media reports mention that we want to trim the first team while utilizing the B team players more when needed as they are match fit and system ready. So it is not an outlandish model.

But anyways, he has renewed and the B didn't promote. Meanwhile we prob don't have 10-15m for a future bet.

 

[Andresito]

https://twitter.com/barcacentre/status/1399242589354725376

Who knows...
Some gave me shit about swaps being an opportunity... I guess Sevilla could make good use of a few players Barcelona deems worthless.

Kounde is their most valuable asset, we can't just offer them Firpo and Braithwaite.

Logical thing would be to include Lenglet and most likely one of the more highly rated talents from Barca B. But I'm fairly sure Lenglet wouldn't want to go back.

That's the thing with swap deals. There are so many parties to consider. When people are proposing swap deals they're usually made with the presumption that the other club are idiots.
If we consider some players trash or worthless, chances are the opposing team does as well, especially when we want their best player lol.

 

[Bobo32]

Kounde is their most valuable asset, we can't just offer them Firpo and Braithwaite.

Logical thing would be to include Lenglet and most likely one of the more highly rated talents. But I'm fairly sure Lenglet wouldn't want to go back.

That's the thing with swap deals. There are so many parties to consider. When people are proposing swap deals they're usually made with the presumption that the other club are idiots.
If we consider some players trash or worthless, chances are the opposing team does as well, especially when we want their best player lol.

I think they might secretly think that Lenglet will not be a huge downgrade in himself, but put Dembele or Griezmann or Coutinho in as well and they could be very happy with a swap deal (well maybe these players wouldn't, but maybe one of them)
They don't need to be idiots, they only need to have different needs than Barcelona, and I think many clubs do.

In other news, I heard Allegri might want Pjanic - what about a swap deal Arthur - Pjanic!?

 

[Messi983]

Kounde is their most valuable asset, we can't just offer them Firpo and Braithwaite.

Logical thing would be to include Lenglet and most likely one of the more highly rated talents from Barca B. But I'm fairly sure Lenglet wouldn't want to go back.

That's the thing with swap deals. There are so many parties to consider. When people are proposing swap deals they're usually made with the presumption that the other club are idiots.
If we consider some players trash or worthless, chances are the opposing team does as well, especially when we want their best player lol.

They might not consider them trash but just not worth to pay them the wages they'd want or they could think they can find cheaper players of similar level.

I think Firpo would be very good for a club like Sevilla (if we forget for a moment he wouldn't want to go there because he's a Betis youth player and both fan bases wouldn't be exactly happy with him going to Sevilla) but why would they "pay" 15-20m (which is probably somewhere close to what we would value him if he'd be included in a swap) for him if they can get someone like Javi Galan for 4m. His salary is actually relatively low so don't think it would be that much problem for Sevilla to pay him close to that if they would rate him enough.

Also, they wouldn't have much reasons to accept Lenglet valued at around 25-30m if they can just take 60-70m for Kounde and Monchi surely already has a list of 5-6 players from Ligue 1 he can sign to replace him for much cheaper and use remaining money to improve the rest of the team.

 

[Andresito]

I think they might secretly think that Lenglet will not be a huge downgrade in himself, but put Dembele or Griezmann or Coutinho in as well and they could be very happy with a swap deal (well maybe these players wouldn't, but maybe one of them)
They don't need to be idiots, they only need to have different needs than Barcelona, and I think many clubs do.

In other news, I heard Allegri might want Pjanic - what about a swap deal Arthur - Pjanic!?

Now you assume our players are idiots. No way in hell would Dembele, Griezmann or Coutinho move to Sevilla in a swap deal.

And yes they do have different needs. But why wouldn't they just take 60m from another club instead and buy whomever they want?
Would you prefer to earn cash in full from your job or should they pay 10% of your salary with food instead, because "you need food anyway"?

 

[Messi983]

I think they might secretly think that Lenglet will not be a huge downgrade in himself, but put Dembele or Griezmann or Coutinho in as well and they could be very happy with a swap deal (well maybe these players wouldn't, but maybe one of them)
They don't need to be idiots, they only need to have different needs than Barcelona, and I think many clubs do.

In other news, I heard Allegri might want Pjanic - what about a swap deal Arthur - Pjanic!?

You're forgetting a very important thing here - players wages. Sevilla can't afford to pay Dembele, Griezmann or Coutinho.

Not many clubs do actually which is why we'll have problems offloading them.