Not Sterling, not Ziyech, not Trincao, not anything at all. The head of the Barcelona sports area, Mateu Alemany, carried out an exercise in realism this Wednesday, during the presentation of Dani Alves, to make it very clear that the economic situation of the club right now disables any room for maneuver to seek reinforcements in the face of the winter market: “Today we were able to register Xavi and his coaching staff, we have nothing left over. For January we will see what can be done, but today there is no possibility of signing in the winter market. It is true that there is still a month and a half to January 1 and we will see what margin we have, we are working on all the options “.
So that, Right now Barcelona is not working on future reinforcements, but is putting all five senses to continue with its policy of reducing the wage bill, an initiative that the captains took, but it seems that other players are showing much more laziness.
AND Until these players, such as Coutinho or Umtiti, agree to lower their salary conditions, it seems very difficult for the club to find a space for future incorporations, especially considering that it is working with renovations such as those of Gavi and Dembélé, although the latter will be clearly downward.
Barcelona continues to be tied hand and foot due to a wage bill that is still above the limits allowed by financial ‘fair play’, so if there are no sign-offs or important contractual cuts in the next month and a half it will be technically impossible to reinforce the workforce in the winter market.
