FC Barcelona are in a period of crisis at the moment, despite having been able to resolve the future of Lionel Messi recently.
Although they have been able to reduce the wage bill by an incredible amount following Messi’s decision to slash his deal by 50%, the club are still in a precarious position and need to raise funds.
Player sales is the most obvious way – as is restricting contracts – but with the way the world has been in regards to the economy over the last two years or so, there are not as many options as there once was available to FC Barcelona.
Players also do not appear to be helping the cause at the moment, with some not particularly happy with the options that have been put in front of them. Perhaps they will want to visit Quatro casino to get the best options available?
Of course, individuals such as Junior Firpo, Carles Alena and Matheus Fernandes have all since been moved on and there will undoubtedly be others that will be shipped off.
Martain Braithwaite is one such individual that will likely head for the Camp Nou exit this summer, but he could pose the club a problem as it is claimed that he is not happy with the interest being shown in him.
The Denmark international showed some signs of why FC Barcelona may have decided to sign the forward from Leganes in a surprise move in 2020 during the European Championships, but his name is one that will be on the chopping block.
Indeed, whilst the international tournament could have been the perfect way to put his name in the shopping window, Braithwaite is not excited by the interest he has generated from one of England’s Premier League clubs.
According to AS, Brighton and Hove Albion’s interest is not doing much for him, although that might be down to the poor experience he had in English football during his time at Middlesbrough.
He made himself an enemy with the club shortly after arriving, having left the club on loan six months just after arriving at the Riverside Stadium before returning and telling Tony Pulis shortly into his second season with the club that he wanted to leave and make a switch to Spain.
With the Brighton interest not appealing to Braithwaite, FC Barcelona might have to wait and see if anyone else will take the Dane off their hands, or maybe they will have to do what they did with Fernandes and terminate his contract? Easier said than done, mind you.
