The situation
Right now Jules Koundé has become the absolute protagonist of the Blaugrana news. With just over 24 hours to go until the game against Real Sociedad is played, no one is yet able to say whether or not the French central defender will be able to play the game at Anoeta. It will all depend on whether they can finally sign him up on time, but to do so, they need to carve out a space in the current roster payroll . That means that one or more players have to leave Barcelona before Sunday at noon. On the exit ramp are Memphis Depay and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, one for Juventus and the other for Chelsea. The sporting director, Mateu Alemany, met this Saturday with Xavi Hernández, just after the press conference, to outline the possible scenarios that can be found in the coming hours. Alemany was quite optimistic about the possibility of giving way to at least one of the two departures that would allow Koundé’s wage reserve . And it is that the sports director assured that if they managed to close the transfer of Memphis there would already be room to register Koundé, having a very similar salary between the second year of the Dutchman and the first of the Frenchman, close to six million euros. If this operation and the possibility of signing up Kounde are confirmed, the club would have a margin to be able to negotiate the transfer of Aubameyang with Chelsea , which would cost around 25 million euros, including variables.
The details
Nor can it be ruled out that winger Marcos Alonso, who already has everything closed with the Blaugrana club, will also enter the same operation. With the transfer of Memphis and Aubameyang, the club would generate enough space to sign the two full-backs. On the one hand, Alonso, who would earn about three million euros, and on the other Juan Foyth, who would not exceed four million . And it is necessary to bear in mind that the Gabonese striker was going to earn an amount very close to nine million euros in his second season. From here, the icing on the cake would remain to make a dream squad: the signing of Bernardo Silva. There is no doubt that the charity match against City on Wednesday at the Camp Nou will feed all kinds of rumors about whether or not this operation is finally closed . And it is that, regardless of the money that Manchester asks for the Portuguese international, the player’s salary requirement would only be possible with the departure of Frenkie de Jong or a very substantial reduction in his current salary, two variants right now that are far from the dutch midfielder horizon.