The Catalan club’s sporting director, Deco, made it clear yesterday that their priority is the contract renewals of Pedri and Gavi, as well as Ronald Araujo and Gerard Martin, who extended their deals on Thursday.
Barca’s wage bill will naturally increase due to the improved conditions.
However, they are having trouble trimming the squad: Eric Garcia has now decided against a permanent exit to Como and will remain at Camp Nou – a result that manager Hansi Flick actually wanted and pushed for to happen.
Ansu Fati is reluctant to leave despite knowing he will have limited playing time. There have not yet been strong offers for him either.
Barca need to quickly find solutions to fit Rashford on their books, and IF they decide to pursue a transfer, it is expected that it will be opportunistic and late in this window.
