PSG offered 200 million euros for the jewel, but, despite the financial problems, it is Barça’s obligation to keep Yamal in Catalonia
Joan Laporta’s options are over. The Barcelona president has been messing with the club’s finances for years, investing here, making deals there, and now, with the possibilities of what to do to improve the future of the institution practically exhausted, even so, the Catalans continue to have financial problems.
With the next transfer window approaching, Barça will need to sell players and do business to balance the books, which are currently low. However, Laporta will not be satisfied without doing something that generates results. The president will want to improve the squad, and he will certainly need to do that, taking into account the plans that Real Madrid are aiming for next year.
There are some more certain candidates for Barça to offload, but most of those the club are willing to sell are unlikely to fetch large sums. However, the player who could earn the most is Lamine Yamal, and Paris Saint-Germain offered to pay €200 million (R$1.08 billion) to include the prodigy in their project for a new post-Kylian Mbappé team.
Regardless of the numbers involved, selling Yamal should be out of the question when it comes to Barça’s options in this next window. The 16-year-old should be the club’s future, providing one of the few reasons to be excited amid a poor campaign this season. He is an impeccable player, and someone that Catalonia cannot lose in any way.