Barcelona’s search for Busquets’ replacement is proving difficult. According to the Spanish sports newspapers, the lack of financial space has led to Oriol Romeu becoming a serious option.
Barcelona switches to Plan D in search of successor Busquets
Barcelona currently has hardly any room in the transfer budget, for which a player must first be sold. However, no outgoing transfers seem imminent, although Franck Kessié, like so many top European players, has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia. As long as no money comes in on the transfer market, Barça is bound hand and foot by the financial rules of La Liga. Bayern Munich strongholder Joshua Kimmich and Martín Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), designated as dream successors to Busquets who left for Miami, would therefore be considered impossible.
Marcelo Brozovic wore the captain’s armband at Inter during the Champions League final, but now seems to be leaving
In recent days, the name of Marcelo Brozovic has therefore emphatically been chanting around Camp Nou. The thirty-year-old Internazionale controller is said to have rejected Al-Nassr’s overture. Partly because of Barcelona’s interest. But Barça does not have the money to cough up a transfer fee and his salary. According to reports, Inter is seeking about 18 million euros for Brozovic, whose contract has three more years remaining.
According to rumours, the Croat wants to make about seven million euros a year. Which is much less than what Al-Nassr promised him and equivalent to Ilkay Gündogan. Who was signed by Barcelona on a free transfer.
Romeu
According to Sport and Mundo Deportivo, Barça is now actively considering the signing of Oriol Romeu. Since Brozovic does not want to delay making a decision about his future. The 31-year-old midfielder, who might be acquired from Girona for about eight million euros, has the benefit of having got his training at La Masia.
The former player of Chelsea, Valencia and Southampton, among others, impressed last season with the fellow countryman from Barcelona, so that a return to Camp Nou twelve years after his departure has now become a serious option. Barça therefore has money left over for other positions.
