Aubameyang moved to Chelsea for 12 million euros (Alex Caparros/Getty)
The Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” revealed the profits of the Spanish club Barcelona from the process of selling players over the past three years, specifically since the election of Joan Laporta as president of the Catalan club in March 2021, succeeding former president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
According to the details published by the same newspaper on Friday, FC Barcelona succeeded in obtaining a value of 233.9 million euros, from the process of selling and loaning many players who are not part of the plans of Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez on the one hand, and also in an attempt to solve the stifling economic crisis that struck. The Catalan club due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, and its direct impact on most clubs.
The newspaper added in its report that the Barcelona management collected 83 million euros, as a result of the departure of 16 players from the team in the 2021-2022 season, which came through the sale of the Brazilian right-back Emerson to the English club Tottenham Hotspurs for 25 million euros, and the Guinean midfielder Alex Moriba. To the German team Leipzig for 16 million euros, as well as the departure of left-back Junior Firpo to the English club Leeds United for 15 million euros, and also the transfer of French defender Jean-Clair Todibo to the Nice team for 8.5 million euros.
The process of selling Catalan club players also continued during that period, following the departure of Carles Aleña (5 million euros), Sergio Akemi (3.5 million euros), Konrad de la Fuente (3 million euros), Monchu (0.7 million euros), and the Albanian striker Rey. Manaj (0.3 million euros), in addition to the loan of Portuguese Francisco Trincao for 6 million euros.
Barcelona received a value of 65 million euros from the departure of many names during the summer transfer period for the 2022-2023 season, led by the joining of the Brazilian star Philippe Coutinho to the English club Aston Villa for 20 million euros, and the departure of the Gabonese star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the English club Chelsea for 12 million. euro.
The Spanish club also sold Ferran Gutgla (5 million euros), Dutchman Memphis Depay (3 million euros), Spanish right-back Hector Bellerin (1 million euros), and Brazilian Matheus Pereira (1 million euros), in addition to loaning Francisco Trincao again for 3 million euros, and the closing of the deal to sell French star Antoine Griezmann to Atletico Madrid for 20 million euros.
During the last summer transfer period, Barcelona received an amount of 85.9 million euros from the sale of players, starting after the departure of French star Ousmane Dembélé to the ranks of Paris Saint-Germain for 50.4 million euros, as well as the Ivorian club’s Franck Kessier to Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia for 12.5 million euros.
Alongside them, the young Spanish midfielder, Nico Gonzalez, left for the Portuguese club Porto for 8.5 million euros, while the Moroccan star Abdel Samad Zalzouli joined the ranks of Real Betis for 7.5 million euros, and finally the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon activated the option to buy Trincao’s contract worth 7. Millions of euros.
