Today's Barcelona, the crisis has been deep in the marrow, not only because of the violation of the Financial Fair Play Act and the possibility of being banned by UEFA from the Champions League in the 2024-2025 season and beyond, but also because the club does not have sufficient cash flow, and the performance of the recruitment of reinforcements means that in the domestic competition in Spain, the red and blue team may also usher in a collapse, and then it is difficult to find a title.
It is in such an embarrassing context that Laporta, as a Barcelona speaker, is actively looking for a way to break the situation, among which in the matter of recruitment, he hopes to meet the need for reinforcements to the greatest extent through loan or player swaps, and Felix obviously landed at Camp Nou in this context. But unfortunately, the future Atletico Madrid, who do not want to meet Barcelona's request to sign Felix on a free loan, means that the player's departure is almost certain!
Apart from Felix, the most likely loan player to leave Barcelona is Joao Cancelo, who has performed remarkably at Camp Nou, has been a thigh-level figure who has saved the team from danger many times, and has been the hero of the red and blue team's victories. In this way, Laporta is obviously very eager to keep the Portuguese defender, however, the deal is still limited by the transfer fee, Manchester City's asking price of 50 million euros is unacceptable to the La Liga giants, and they are only willing to complete the deal for 25 million euros + floating.
Between the two clubs, Daily Sport followed up with the latest situation, saying that Barcelona may finally compromise and add the player Manchester City needs to the deal to reach a swap agreement, and the player used to satisfy Pep Guardiola's appetite is Balde. In fact, it's not just Manchester City who want Balde, but clubs including Chelsea and Manchester United are also very interested. As a broker, Mendez naturally does not exclude his clients from being sought after.
It is also under the influence of the outside world's full interest and Mendes's indifference that Barcelona set Balde's release clause at 1 billion euros, and the contract will not end until 2028
Daily Sports said that Manchester City, if sincere enough, could use Cancelo's transfer, plus some cash, in exchange for Balde's joining. No matter how you look at it, this game is Guardiola's "friendly game", you must know that his contradictions with Cancelo are deep-rooted, and he can't wait to send the player away completely, which is why the previous Manchester City reporter disclosed that Cancelo was not ruled out to be traded to Manchester United. And Guardiola can use Cancelo, who he doesn't like, to extort money for Barcelona's future core, which can be described as double happiness!