Barcelona need to continue freeing up salary after Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed the club would not be able to make any moves in the next transfer window. Therefore, the economic situation in Barcelona is still complex, and the club president has already set his sights on improving the financial side of Barcelona. To do this, the board of directors came to the conclusion that the player would have to leave the team in January and the decision had already been made
This is Memphis Depay, the Barcelona player who in recent months has been in the spotlight for being one of the players to come out in the upcoming transfer market. The Dutch striker has not enjoyed long minutes under Xavi Hernandez and would not look lightly on an exit, guaranteeing him more playing minutes and improving his financial conditions
The objective of selling Memphis Depay is very clear: to make money as quickly as possible. Barcelona are looking to cash in urgently because they won’t be able to make any moves in the winter market if they don’t continue to free up their salary surpluses and if they don’t get more income. In order to continue operating, Juventus Turin was positioned as a key figure for the club’s financial future
The Italian team was already interested in the Dutch player during the past summer, but in the end he did not get his services due to his high financial demands and his refusal to leave Barcelona. Now, with the player’s contract coming to an end in 2023, expectations look different and Barcelona’s dire need may lead to the operation being called off
Memphis, the player who never went unnoticed
In his time as a player at Barcelona, which began in the summer of 2021 and as a star player signed at no cost at the behest of Ronald Koeman, Memphis Depay has been an important player who helped the club through one of the most complex parts of his life. History and his numbers prove it: 14 goals and 2 assists in 41 games with the Blaugrana shirt, numbers that helped leave Barcelona in second place in the 2021/2022 league
Now, with a clear surplus of attacking players in the squad, not counting minutes (he’s only played two matches this season) and with the need to ease the club’s accounts, Memphis Depay is on the culer’s exit ramp and the club will try to take advantage of the last chance to get some income, as they finish The Dutch player will be linked to Barcelona in the summer of 2023 and will be free
