After Barcelona forked out a reported €55m plus €7m in variables to sign Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig, the news continued to trickle through on Nico Williams. Yet based on actions, Barcelona are far more focused on exits than arrivals for the moment, as they try to sanitise their salary limit situation.
Right-back Julian Araujo has left for Bournemouth in a €10m deal, and Barcelona are hoping to wrap up three further exits before the end of the week. MD say that the departures of Vitor Roque, Clement Lenglet and Mikayil Faye are all being negotiated currently.
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Barcelona are in talks with Atletico for Lenglet, while Rennes and Inter have expressed an interest in Mikayil Faye. Reportedly Barcelona have rejected an offer for Vitor Roque from Everton, with Bournemouth and Sporting CP also taking an interest. With no more deals expected off the pitch, likely referring to sponsorship talks with Nike or talks for the unpaid for stakes in Barca Vision, Barcelona are trying to speed up their transfer sales.
The key reason being that with just two days to go, La Liga are yet to confirm six player registrations. Although there are reports that Dani Olmo has been registered, Alex Valle, Pau Victor, Inigo Martinez, Roque and Pablo Torre are all unavailable for Hansi Flick in their first game on Saturday night at Mestalla.
