The good news has reached the United States, (where the Barça team is doing the preseason) and everything related to the discards of the Tarrasense coach.
The efforts of the sports management at FC Barcelona regarding discards seem not to advance, although Marcelino García could give the push. To the new coach Olympique de Marseille is interested in a central defender on the departure schedule for the cule club. The most interesting thing is that the French team would be willing to pay a definitive transfer.
The player in question is none other than the Frenchman Clément Lenglet, a defensive player who has long since left Barca’s plans. In fact, in the last year he was away from the Spotify Camp Nou, specifically at Tottenham Hotspur. As important information, the Spurs club wants the services of the center defender, although in loan mode.
The main obstacle between Lenglet and Marcelino is a headache for FC Barcelona
Information about the interest that the French team has in the former Sevilla FC defender has reached his ears. But he has been planted in not listening to offers from other teams that are not able to pay his current salary. And it is that the wage mass of Marseille seems that it will not be able to cover the full salary of the player.
For this reason, Lenglet’s entourage has already ruled out his transfer to the Phocéens team, and is focusing on his return to London. On the other hand, Mateu Alemany insists that the deal be made with the club led by Marcelino, since they are willing to pay for the transfer there. The figure that would be around the operation is around 15 million euros.
If Lenglet does not go to Marseille, Marcelino’s plan B also has to do with FC Barcelona
In the event that the French team cannot execute the signing of Clément Lenglet, it is not a reason for the culé team to lament. And it is that the alternative plan of the Asturian coach is also in Xavi’s squad, and to the delight of Laporta, it is on the discard agenda. This is Eric García, a defender who is aware that he is not part of the plans of the coach from Egar.
With the Martorellense defender, the situation is more flexible, since his salary is lower than that of the French. Although the priority continues to be the former Nancy-Lorraine, they will work in parallel on the signing of García. Due to the departure of the Spanish, the figure would be close to 10 kilos, and his record in France would remain the same, 3.1 million euros.