It is no secret to anyone that the FC Barcelona will try to do a deep cleaning of the locker room for the 2022-2023 season. The Blaugrana are aware that there are many players who must leave the Camp Nou for others to arrive and, in addition, generate financial ‘fair play’ to be able to register the reinforcements in LaLiga. A few very busy months are ahead, in which the departures of the Catalan team will predominate.
Xavi Hernández will be one of the stars of this summer transfer window. The player from Egar, who will begin his first full season on the bench, he is very clear regarding what he wants and who are the players he has facing the next course… and also with those who do not count, which are a few. According to information from ‘Mundo Deportivo’, the coach has already reported up to four casualties in the locker room and the players would have made the decision positively.
In this sense, the names of Òscar Mingueza, Samuel Umtiti, Riqui Puig and Martin Braithwaite They are at the exit door of the Camp Nou. Barça will try to find a team for them as soon as possible, but they are aware that it will be complicated and that they will come out in unfavorable conditions, since they will do it for very low prices or directly on loan. It will serve to free up the locker room, but not to generate enough financial ‘fair play’.
‘MD’ has highlighted that lXavi’s decision has not come as a surprise to the Blaugrana players. The egarense has not had any of the four since he took over as coach in November last year. The media also establishes that they have shown gratitude “for the football knowledge” that has been transmitted to them in recent months, especially to the two trained at La Masia.
In search of an escape route
Now, the most complicated mission remains: find them a new team. In the case of Riqui Puig, in recent days several teams have joined the ‘bid’ for his transfer. Celta de Vigo is the last, although it aims to go out on loan for one season. Mingueza, on the other hand, does not have as many offers but aims to stay in Spain in the coming years. With the internationals, the story will be different.
Samuel Umtiti is at the starting gate and his future would be between Ligue 1, with Olympique de Lyon, and the Premier League, with a possible transfer to Arsenal. Martin Braithwaite, finally, would have offers to join Italian football, but at the moment there are no concrete approaches with the footballer’s environment.
