Barcelona want three free transfers Lionel Messi leads the list of free transfers that Barcelona are aiming for as they look to strengthen ahead of next season under Xavi Hernandez.
Ad Despite winning La Liga this year, they remain in financial difficulties, so they need to keep their spending down and if they can avoid transfer fees, that will help.
TransfersReal Madrid offered Kane in swap deal for Hazard — Paper Round26/05/2023 AT 00:44 The Mail writes: “Lionel Messi, Inigo Martinez and Ilkay Gundogan make up the holy trinity of free transfers that Barcelona want to build their summer around – one legend and two top internationals that will excite supporters and improve the quality of the team that has just won the league. “Making it happen will not be easy and depend largely on how much slack they are cut by La Liga and how successful their attempts at selling players are. “The club have to make up a £174 million [€200m] deficit in order to move with freedom in the transfer market, free from the shackles of La Liga’s 40% rule that will otherwise oblige them to spend only £35 million [€40m] of every £100 million they bring in by either increasing revenue or reducing costs.” Barcelona set to spend big for Guimaraes Fresh from helping Newcastle United secure Champions League football, Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes is a big-money target for Barcelona.
The Sun reports that the Spanish champions hope to bring in the Brazilian to reinforce their squad, which could help Newcastle balance their books. “Barcelona want to sign Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes this summer,” the paper begins. “The Catalan giants believe that the Brazilian ace can help catapult them back into Champions League contention.