According to major Spanish outlet marca.com, Barcelona are closing up shop for this transfer window after the departure of Iñigo Martinez.
This news comes despite many fans wanting Barcelona to fill in the hole left behind by Iñigo and a backup fullback.
Barcelona believe that they have enough depth even in the centre back position positions as they believe Pau Cubarsi, Ronald Araujo, and Andreas Christensen are all starter level players and Jules Kounde, Eric Garcia and Gerard Martin are good enough to play the position.
It also comes down to Barcelona once again struggling to meet financial fair play rules and having to focus more on trying to register players before trying to sign any. They do have ways to do it but Barca have to wait if La Liga will approve the sales of VIP seats and if they approve Marc-Andre Ter Stegen’s medical report which would free up his wages for registration.
This could all be approved and Barcelona would be well within the 1:1 rule but it seems they have learned from the past to wait and see if everything goes right.
Barcelona fans may feel underwhelmed by letting a starting centre back go for free as the team is left with Cubarsi, two injury prone centre backs, Kounde and Garcia who haven’t been playing centre back, and Gerard Martin who has never played the position at a professional level.
It’s probably the wrong decision to let go of a centre back when Barca have more talent and depth in a position like midfield where they could afford to let a player go ,but as long as Barcelona register their players, it is still a great team and it should be an exciting season.
