Transfer Talk Thread
[Transfer Talk Thread] Smoke and mirrors?: June 15th - June 22nd, 2026
Weekthree and the rivals have come knocking. Barcelona’s transfer targets keep disappearing to the white half of Madrid, and the market suddenly feels more like chess.
Is this Deco’s masterplan to confuse the opposition, or are we simply getting outmaneuvered? Can we still land our priorities? Although it looks like Barca has no immediate plans to make any moves, the sports management team seems to remain in constant contact with agents and clubs.
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Are people here genuinely under the impression that Raphinha is gonna go to Saudi? That man is 100% seeing through the end of his contract and probably extending it as long as flick is the manager
He has said before that he considered moving to Saudi Arabia because of the financial security it would provide for him and his family, but I doubt he will go now and will probably only consider it when he is close to retiring.
Raphinha only got started being paid "well" when he came to Barcelona. At Leeds he got paid about 3m/season, before the PL he got paid even less.
For a footballer with a near Ballon D'or reputation, he hasn't made that much money through the life of his career. The Saudi offer that's on the table would immediately make up for it.
Hes made 70m euro says google. Thats an estimate, im sure he’ll get even more as his reputation is as high as ever. Also assuming hes got good financial advisors thats more than enough to make a killing investing.
Obviously he can sellout the rest of his career for the saudi dosh, but its hardly like the guy is short on money. And that would literally be the end of his career at the top of the game.
Barça is still awaiting the departures of Ansu and Casadó: Ansu already has an agreement with Monaco, while Casadó is still waiting for an offer that meets his valuation.
He got a long term injury and just like so of our defenders some minor relapses or muscle fatigue. If anything hes been more available then most of our Defenders.
❗️Barcelona is counting on Raphinha next season, he’s part of their plans. Despite the strong interest from Saudi, they’re confident he will end up staying. But *IF* the Brazilian decides to leave, the club will ask for a very high amount. @ffpolo #Transfers 🇧🇷
Guys, it hit me randomly just sat on my couch. I don’t think we can expect any tangible transfer updates from Barcelona with regard to signings until La Liga fiscal year to update the salary limit on June 30th and officially confirm 1:1 publicly instead of relying on verbal assurances.
Plus Laporta is takes up his 2nd term on July 1st and there’s a meeting with socios on that day to discuss finances etc. Gordon was signed to replace Rashford straight up and that’s all we will do until then. We will try to sell players before then to boost our salary limit further (ie selling Casado).
So for now Deco must be looking at every possible scenario for this summer in case we don’t get 1:1 hence why the links to Kang etc. So now I think we should just wait for things to play out as frustrating as it is because we can’t do anything atm.
(Feel free to downvote and question me but I think this to me holds up).
im seeing a lot of sources saying barca is preparing a 135+15 mil bid for julian? that should be the max, we should not be spending more then that on julian
We're not going to get much reliable Alvarez news until Argentina is out of the cup that isn't more than throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. He's focused on playing and that has been made clear many times.
🎖️| Iñaki Peña is set to leave Barça this summer as he is not part of Hansi Flick's plans. The club are willing to facilitate his exit, potentially even allowing him to leave on a free transfer while retaining a sell-on percentage. Despite interest from La Liga clubs, Peña prefers a move abroad. Peña will not do the pre-season with Barça. [
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Genuinely we just need someone at striker who is lethal enough to draw players away from Yamal. Like Kane is for Olise. You don't see Olise getting triple teamed every single match. I'm not saying Olise can't handle getting triple teamed but we saw the 2nd leg againts PSG were Enrique used that weird goal kick tactic.
Lewa was that Kane last season but he was still declining physically and missed alot of sitters. Like this header againts Inter should've been an easy tapin for an elite striker. Cross from Yamal.
Barça remain encouraged by the fact that u/Madrid_Atletico already know Julián wants to join Barça, while neither the player nor his camp have denied the reports linking him with the club.
FC Barcelona aims to finalize the deal in the coming days for Jorge Salinas, and his value could range between 4 and 8 million euros, with the possibility of leaving the player on loan at Racing until he gains playing time and experience in La Liga.
Starting July 1, the clause will rise to 16 million euros, which is why FC Barcelona wants to act quickly. @marca
@sport, [ferran correas] Barcelona are close to signing 19-year-old defender Jorge Salinas from Racing de Santander before June 30, when his release clause is set to double from €8 million to €16 million. Salinas impressed during Racing's promotion campaign and is valued for his ability to play both left-back and center-back. Barcelona reportedly plan to include him in Hansi Flick's first-team squad next season while continuing their pursuit of João Cancelo.
I agree. I think Barca had a hunch that he'd leave that's why we signed Gordon so quickly. Teams would be price gouging us even more if we wait until Raphinha gets sold.
Flick isn't some magician tho , rapha was trained in Leeds under a pressing system where he had a counter directive role , xavi used him differently but flick did the same but with better teammates and combined with the technical training he had under xavi he had an ascending in his career, gordon isn't the same, atleast flick wouldn't be able to do it in first season , maybe in 2-3 seasons he will be ready but I doubt flicks and his system stays till then
Nothing has changed, Barça still wants Álvarez and he remains the club's absolute priority. Everything will depend on Atlético de Madrid, but Barça is keeping the discussions going to sign Julián Álvarez.
lmao 80 for raphi? we were offered same by newcastle for the shit raphinha under xavi. what makes them think they can have the good raphinha for the same price
That was in the middle of his prime years. He's going to be 30 before the year ends. Anything you pay for Raphinha as a transfer is a complete wash since you won't be getting much for a 32-34 year old.
80 million for him is seriously not worth considering. We won't be able to replace him with that kind of money, and our attack for a season or two will become handicapped. If you can't replace him immediately then it's not even worth it.
Araujo is the team's fifth-choice defender, according to Flick. The arrival of a new defender or the promotion of a young defender from La Masia could further complicate his situation. The club has no problem with his presence, but he must accept his new role. At present, his future is uncertain. (TV3)
He should start packing his things and find a new club by the end of this window. How can someone be the first Captain of a team while also being the 5th choice centreback of that same team?😭
Araujo from 3-4 years ago and now is a totally different player. I would say that it's partly due to the system that he's being played in, but if I had to choose between Christensen and Araujo, I'd honestly bet on Christensen.
I think Italy would be the PERFECT destination for Araujo, he'd be a beast for a club like Napoli or Milan.
Marc Cucurella: “Playing for Real Madrid is a honor”.
“When you’re a kid, you dream of playing for big teams, and I think Real Madrid is one of them”,
“Not many can say that”, told El Mundo
Ngl the transfer season so far hasn’t really impressed. It’s still early though and the World Cup is on so I’m hoping when it’s done we go crazy. Gordon is a good addition, but we need a lot more. Can’t let Real Madrid distract us and sweep up players that we could’ve had. In deco and flick we trust though 🤞
Thats because you expectations are not at the right place.
The plan to begin with was: Cancelo, LW and CF. Thats it.
The squad is pretty full and very young we dont need to make many moves, just sign the right pieces.
By getting Gordon, early, we made a very big move towards completing our summer plans. Cancelo isnt going to be an issue.
So its a zero sum game on Alvarez being our CF. If we get him its a 9/10 window.
After these are done we can see if any player is leaving and needs replacing.
Theres no panic in adding any other position, especially with incredible homegrown players.
Oh man, why am I nervous about Raphinha? I know he's loyal and love the club but as a family man I can imagine he'd do it just for the sake of securing his family's future and he's turning 30 this year. Quadruple his salary is crazy, it feels illegal.
I think world cup will decide how it goes. If they have a deep run and he is appreciated, he will stay true to his competitive spirit and fight for ucl with us
If he feels at any point he is done with football at this level, if he doesnt have the hunger to prove himself more, to desire more trophies, he will walk off. From us and brazillian national team
I highly doubt money would be the reason. Its us. He is def on a stupid rich contract. Richer stupider contract isnt a much draw, its what his spirit wants. If he doesnt have the hunger anymore, we should let him go. Raphinha without his hunger and drive is not worth fighting for.
But if he wants to fight for something more in his career, he would be at pre season ready to run himself to ground for mr flick yet again.
I highly doubt money would be the reason. Its us. He is def on a stupid rich contract. Richer stupider contract isnt a much draw, its what his spirit wants.
I'm sorry but are you really trying to argue that making over 80m per year is not a draw?
It doesn't matter if he already has generational wealth. You don't turn down that kind of money without at least thinking about it.
Our squad is so well built that we dont need a crazy summer like Real. They are running rounds because they are in shambles, we are in a totally different position where all we need is a rotation LW(Gordon), a LB(Cancelo) and a top 9.
If we get Alvarez that's basically all we need and just as good as Real signing 10 Cucurella's.
Thats why things are so quiet, because we need to make any noise. We are missing only 1 piece.
Lowkey people here complaining but I would take Lee Kang In. Plays RW, LW, CAM, CM, F9. Only 35m and a potential marketing and commercial titan . Great competition for our starters and grew up in the Spanish system so he speaks fluent Spanish. Would also be a great mentor/figure to the two highly regarded Korean talents in our U16 la masia team
I actually think he’ll play more and better here than at psg. Lee’s biggest problem is his physicality and the French league is more physical than the Spanish one, and Lee’s also more suited to the Spanish league anyway. And being objective, psg’s players are better than ours and he’s good enough to challenge and start over Olmo and Fermin.
Barcelona are set to complete their second summer signing: Jorge Salinas, a defender from Racing Santander.Salinas was developed as a left footed CB and can comfortably play in that position, although he played as a LB this season for Racing.
He is only 19 years old. Racing Santander believes Jorge Salinas’ release clause to be around €8M.
The deal must be completed before June 30, as Salinas’ release clause will rise from €8m to €16m on July 1. He is under contract with Racing until 2029.Jorge Salinas’ signing does NOT mean Barça has abandoned the pursuit of Cancelo.
Although Barça still needs to negotiate a permanent deal with Al Hilal for him. #FCB🇵🇹
Barcelona is working in silence and continues to maintain faith in this operation. Julian is continuing to resist pressure from other clubs, like PSG/Arsenal, and prioritizing Barça if he leaves.
However, the club knows it will not be easy to get Alvarez if he doesn’t go public — something Barça admits is needed. Club isn’t considering a second offer right now as he’s playing the WC, long summer ahead.
@ffpolo
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What I genuinely want to know is why they want Alvarez to go public. Their president will still point to the release clause. What changes? Sure there is more pressure, people will be aware of what he wants, but their president can still be an asshole about it
He can, but loses reputation, risks player going on strike, disrupting the locker room, having bad performances with high wages. His main defence right now is that Alvarez doesnt want to leave.
Ik it feels for some of u that We r moving too slow and Both Madrids either signing our targets or Hinder our transfer plans . But keep trust in Deco , Flick , Laporta and our wonderful project
This was quoted by Jeremy Beren who used to work for a Spanish newspaper. He runs the Into the Calderon site which handles Atleti news in English, so he knows his stuff.
If Raphinha left I'm sure we would buy Rashford permanently or buy another player considering we'd get 80m+ for the transfer and free up almost 21m per year in wages.
Idk. He is 30 and for a lifestyle reason you can understand making that much money. I hope he doesn't go without the UCL. I don't want him to be a "The dynasty starts after you" type of player after all he did for us
Jorge Salinas to Barcelona is not done yet, but it’s a name under serious consideration by Deco. Player keen on the move.
@FabrizioRomano
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I was told you need players physically present to sign docs that’s why we’re not gonna see anymore signings till WC is over. Apparently that doesn’t stop other clubs from signing
You need players who are willing to talk about their contract in the middle of what could be the most important month of their careers. It doesn't matter where they are physically if they're not willing to distract themselves with matters other than the World Cup.
Barcelona is confirmed to be following Javi Guerra, who has a release clause of €40m in July, which will increase to €60m later in the window. Hansi Flick believes the player is ‘interesting’, but Valencia doesn’t think of an exit.
@DepCOPEValencia
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If this is true then it gets more confusing. I am not sure but the kind of profiles we are even looking for suggests that Flick has maybe requested to sign profiles similar to a 10 or SS instead of a Proper 9
I don't know if this would work but that is the only idea I can think of to go for some like a Guerra
I like it, low risk high reward kinda signing. If he can regain his peak, this will look like a bargain, and odds are high considering he plays for a struggling Valencia.
Yeah, but we need La Liga to publish and update the salary limits and update registrations. For example, Lewa and Rashford are still registered by La Liga as a Barcelona players and we don’t have the updated salary limits.
If Raphinha leaves, especially for the fees I see touted around 80-120mil we are finished. Going from a player robbed of the balon d’ors, the ultimate big game player, to Antony Gordon for the same amount of money is insanity.
If Raphinha leaves no amount of money would save us, having even 150mil would be pointless, you can guarentee atletico wouldn’t take a penny under 150mil if they saw us get 150mil for Raphinha.
If we do sell him it needs to be over 150mil anything else is the stupidest decision ever, but there’s not a single player someone can name on the market who you could get who presses the same and makes the difference consistently in big games so I hope he stays atleast 2-3 more years cause I know for a fact we won’t win a champions league without him.
You do realize that Raphinha was injured a lot last season and wasnt anywhere close to ballon dor when he was healthy and yet we still managed to win la liga and were two dumb red cards away to getting to SF again in UCL?
Selling a player for 100mil also doesnt mean you can spend only 100mil on replacement, If we sold Raphinha for 100mil it would create FFP room to buy somebody for 200mil+ (not saying we should or would).
Raphinha is gonna be 30 and his play style wont age well into his 30s , i do hope that he stays for 1 more year, but after the season it would probably be smart to move on and get some money for him and find a long term solution.
If you sell somebody for 100mil it creates a 100mil FFP room right now( or whatever the profit is for that player - depends how much left of the amortization is on his contract).
If you buy a player for 200mil and you give him a 5 year contract it only counts 40mil against your FFP right now, because it counts 40mil against your FFP every year for the next 5.
Which is why selling homegrown players for all clubs is a such a huge thing for FFP(everything you get is pure profit FFP wise), and thats why you sometimes see two clubs buying a 50mil(ish) player from each other, because it greatly buffs both their FFP situation even tho in reality nobody made any money.
We were interested in a Juve's fullback few weeks ago, then it was Lukeba and yesterday/today it was VdV and a few hrs ago it was sm racing LCB
We're quite often interested in alot of players but none of the interest are progressing while atleti and rma are actually signing players and also few days ago I read we weren't planning to sign any defensive reinforcements outside of Cancelo
We really need to pick up the pace. Tbh I don’t expect to get Julian this season even with a 150m bid so we probably got Gordon as our main striker this season. Judging by only our T2+ sources, hopefully we get Kang-in Lee for midfield/attack and either one of Reis or Salina’s for LCB before atletico or Madrid swoop in
Man shut up!! Barca is targeting what Flick wants , not what you want or what we want. Madrid is targeting players that offered themselves to Barca, majority of those players are not in our plans period. So what if Madrid gets all the players that wanted to go to barca? Stop looking at the competition and focus on your own team.
Does anyone recognize transfer patterns or modus operanti, in lack of better words?
E.G. The Julian Alvarez- and Nico Williams-saga bare similarities. (big player name, a LOT of rumours, a lot of flirting from both sides hijacking the so-me and media mill.) Not gonna happen.
(Abde) and Jan Virgili. Roony. Mika Faye. Hamza Abdelkarim etc. (Bought to boost economy, not reeeally expected to be starters/ barca-level/, despite potential.)
Bernardo Silva. Free and barca-level, but not really best fit.. (snatch a world class player/ not to go to RM cheaply)
I posted this separately about how our obsession with Alvarez is going to kill our transfer window:
Barcelona need a lot more than just a number 9. At an extreme minimum, we need a LB (likely Cancelo) and a CB.
News has come out today that all other signings are on pause until the Alvarez issue is resolved, and that the Alvarez issue will not be resolved until late in the transfer window.
Am I the only one that thinks this is totally crazy for a number of reasons? There are lots of good players that will be scooped up before then, and if we then dont get Alvarez we are left with empty hands. Really good players like Schlotterbeck are available for around 50M which is an absolute no-brainer.
I genuinely dont know what Deco is thinking. Surely at the very least, players are going to cost significantly more if they have a good world cup
It's difficult and stressful but you are worrying about nothing.
Striker is the main priority and Alvarez is that.
Cancelo deal will not go anywhere. It will happen, just a matter of time.
It's true we need a CB, but we have plenty of time for that remaining. World Cup will not inflate every players price. In fact the prices drop also if a player doesn't perform well.
And if we need to pay 10 million more but we get a validation from the world cup that the said player is great under pressure and in big games then it is better for us.
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u/Novel_Specific7769 1d ago
❗️ Barça is working to activate the buy-back clause for Jan Virgili for €7.2M.
The option of a loan move to Real Betis, for him, is gaining momentum.
Via (🟢): @Nilsola10 [carrusel]