Barcelona are currently looking for a way to lighten their wage bill and the best available option for the Blaugrana is to offload their current highest earner in Antoine Griezmann. Now, that would have been a little harsh on Griezmann who had a good 2021 with Barcelona but in all fairness, his stay at the Camp Nou has been pretty much underwhelming, overall.
As it stands, unless Barcelona lighten their wage bill, they will not be able to complete the signing of Lionel Messi and as per some reports, they might not be able to register their new signings in Memphis Depay, Sergio Aguero, Eric Garcia, and Emerson Royal.
It is only believed to be a matter of time before Barcelona get over their current situation and register their new signings. The official announcements of Emerson, Aguero, Depay, and Garcia have been completed and the club is waiting for the green signal from La Liga to announce the extension of Lionel Messi, who is said to have agreed on personal terms with the club.
Recently, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona were confirmed to be in talks over a potential swap deal involving Saul Niguez and Antoine Giezmann. The deal could probably see Griezmann complete a sensational return to his former club after spending only two seasons at the Camp Nou.
The talks between the two clubs, however, are said to have become stagnant and the deal is most likely off. Barcelona are looking to include money in the deal and there seems to be a disagreement between the former La Liga champions and the current La Liga champions on that subject. Having said that, here is another interesting piece of rumor for you.
As per L’Equipe via Sport, Juventus and Barcelona are in the early stages of negotiations over a potential swap deal involving Paulo Dybala and Antoine Griezmann. However, reliable football journalist and transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano confirmed that it is what it is: a rumor, and there are no such talks taking place between the two clubs, as it stands.
In other developments, Barcelona are struggling to offload several of their players. Samuel Umtiti and Martin Braithwaite are two such players. Despite Umtiti being placed on the market, the Frenchman is in no mood to leave FC Barcelona as he is eager to fight for his place in the XI.
Martin Braithwaite had a fantastic Euro 2020 campaign and naturally, clubs from England are looking to sign him. Barcelona in fact, are hoping to raise £15 million by selling him this summer but the Blaugrana have received another blow as Braithwaite’s agent, Hasan Cetinkaya has ruled out any potential deal involving his client, this summer.
All these stories are false.
he said.
Jorge Mendes has nothing to do with Martin Braithwaite; it is also false like all the other writings. Jorge Mendes does not have players in Barcelona; he has players in Wolverhampton, he can focus on, then I take care of my players in Barcelona.
Why should Martin Braithwaite switch to Wolverhampton, and why should an agent who has no players in Barcelona try to get my player to Wolverhampton, even though I know Jorge Mendes has good connections to clubs like Wolverhampton? It’s a waste of everyone’s time.
Martin Braithwaite plays in the biggest club in the world; he works with one of the biggest coaches in the world. From day one until now, everything has exceeded all expectations in terms of playing time in Barcelona and well-being at the club, and he is very happy. He was one of the best players at the European Championships with some incredible statistics, and he will continue in Barcelona.
