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After the free signings of Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié, as well as the extension of Ousmane Dembélé’s contract, Barça’s summer transfer window has just taken a significant step forward with the formalization of Raphinha’s transfer.
During the press conference presenting the Brazilian winger, Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany discussed the other hot issues of the Blaugranas with the transfer of Robert Lewandowski or the possible sale of Frenkie de Jong to Manchester United. Here are the best statements of the president and the director of football of Barça, relayed by the Twitter account “News – Barça”.
Laporta on de Jong
“It is not true that the club is obliged to sell Frenkie.”
Laporta on Lewandowski
“Lewandowski? He’s a Bayern player and we respect Bayern, no comments. Sorry, I can’t say anything about Lewandowski, Bayern haven’t responded to our offer yet, I can’t say more” .
Alemany on de Jong
“Frenkie is a very important player. We totally rely on him. Fair Play obliges us to sell players.”
Alemany sur Dembele
“We are not in favor of talking about negotiations. Sportingly, there has always been a good relationship with Ousmane, but his contract was about to expire and there was a very big difference between the agent’s request and the ours. That’s why he was not extending. We talked about status in the team. Now, he is in a salary framework that respects our conditions. (…) We understood that Dembélé should have an important status in the workforce, but adapted to the club’s new salary scale. There was a very big difference between the two parties, that’s why it took us 8 months to agree.”
Alemany sur Koundé
“Koundé? We are not in favor of naming names, first out of respect for the club and then not to harm the negotiations. We are waiting for the opportunities offered by the market according to the coach’s plans.”
Dembele’s clause is €100m
— News – Barça (@ActualiteBarca) July 15, 2022
to summarize
During Raphinha’s presentation press conference, Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany, respectively president and director of football of Barça, spoke about the hot issues of the Blaugrana transfer window.
