Barcelona need at least four players this summer: Club president Joan Laporta

The Catalan club has been linked with a dozen footballers currently and Laporta suggested that it's going to be a busy summer transfer window.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta; Credit: Twitter/@JoanLaportaFCB
By Sreejith C R | Mar 29, 2022 | 3 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has claimed the club wants to sign four players in the summer, but insisted they wouldn’t make any signings that would “put the institution at risk.” The Catalan club has been linked with a dozen footballers currently and Laporta suggested that it’s going to be a busy summer transfer window. Meanwhile the Blaugrana are technically bankrupt as announced by the club in October.

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However, the club has been doing a clever job in the transfer market to bring in some quality players for free transfer. Pierre-Emerick Aubameynag joined the Catalan club from Arsenal as a free agent in January and the 32-year-old striker has been in stunning form having netted 11 times in 10 games for the club.

It has been reported by Fabrizio Romano that AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie is set to join Barcelona this summer as his contract with the Serie A club comes to an end at the end of the season. Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen is also closely linked with the Spanish giants. Leeds United winger Raphinha reportedly wants to join Barca and Xavi is also interested in signing the 25-year-old Brazilian. 

“We are working so that the salary limit that we have, which according to La Liga is negative in a significant amount, to reverse it in order to incorporate players that reinforce the team,” he said. “We are doing it in parallel, working on the financial issue and obtaining more resources to have the salary margin we need.

“At the same time we are working from the sports management to incorporate four or five reinforcements that we think the team needs to be increasingly competitive.

“We will not carry out any operation that puts the institution at risk. It has been a maxim that we have followed since we became president again.”

Laporta continued: “We are going to continue with this philosophy and this criterion, not to put the institution at risk with operations that, not even if we were already healthy, we would. So, you can talk about players, about big-money operations in which Barça is not going to lose its head.

Laporta also hinted that, if a marquee player wants to come to Barca, he will need to make some financial sacrifices in order to make any move feasible.

“Most of the players want to come to Barça, they like the club, the team, our philosophy, our way of working, of understanding football,” he said. “And this is good, we are verifying it in many cases and daily.

“They will have to adapt to Barça’s salary levels and to an economic structure of the operation that maintains the sustainability and balance of the club.”





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