Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said there is «no extortion» regarding trying to get Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong to reduce his salary.
Barcelona have now added Leeds winger Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski from Bayern, and Sevilla's Jules Kounde in a busy summer, in addition to the signings of Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen on free transfers from Milan and Chelsea respectively.
This after they went into the summer with serious financial worries. Ad/> The re-signing of Ousmane Dembele was also celebrated as a coup, with the French winger rejecting reported Chelsea interest to stay with the Catalan club.
Barca's summer splurge has cost around £130m in transfer fees alone, but manager Xavi Hernandez now has a vastly strengthened squad.