The overwhelming market with collateral damage for Barcelona

• Transfers This is how we live the last hours of the market

If there is something that

is good at, it is to create illusion, although for this he has had to jump on that debt that he himself estimated at 1,350 million euros.

In the transfer market of a Spain suffocated by inflation, and where the strictures due to

have made the differences with the Premier even more evident, Barcelona did not stop until the very closing of the window.

Full -backs

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complete a restructuring (

,

,

,

,

,

and the renewal of

) in which the club has invested more than anyone in LaLiga, 153 million euros (without variables or commissions).

Bellerin was registered at 11:59 p.m.

this Thursday.

Marcos Alonso's documentation, on the other hand, did not arrive on time at the employer's headquarters, although Barcelona is confident that he can be registered as a free agent this Friday.

Aubameyang, meanwhile, was discharged while waiting to formalize his transfer to Chelsea for about 14 million euros.

Laporta has tried to please coach Xavi Hernández, either by selling the club's assets, or by offering guarantees of his own assets to expand the salary margin.

Barcelona, ​​which has only won one title in the last three seasons (the Koeman Cup), rushed the market with the conviction of bringing together a squad that is as balanced as it is competitive.

Marcos Alonso had been waiting for days in London for the salary borders to open at Barcelona to increase competition on the left side.

While Héctor Bellerín, who terminated his contract with Arsenal to sign for one season with the Catalans (the Gunners ensure 25% of a future sale), will fill the hole on the right side.

However, it will be Xavi who will have to deal with the significant collateral damage left by this emergency market.

Frenkie de Jong never wanted to know anything about leaving the team despite the pressure he was subjected to.

And the sports management led by Mateu Alemany tried unsuccessfully to get rid of Jordi Alba, who, after 10 seasons at the club and having lost ownership due to the emergence of Balde, awaits a future as discouraging as another of the captains of the team, Gerard Piqué, already the fifth center-back.

Alba, reluctant to sign for Inter, did not take well that the leadership tried to get rid of him in the face of his resistance to negotiating a salary reduction that Piqué or Busquets did not accept either.

Xavi, yes, has been able to lose sight of those who communicated that they would not have a place.

The Danish Martin Braithwaite, a metaphor for Bartomeu's governmental delirium, followed the path of the other discards (Riqui Puig, Mingueza, Neto, Umtiti and Dest, the latter on loan to Milan, who reserves a purchase option of 20 million).

Braithwaite, after agreeing to terminate him by charging 400,000 euros, signed until 2025 with Espanyol, the only club that allowed him to maintain his residence.

The Blue and Whites, by the way, were unable to release Raúl de Tomás.

The Lightning did not arrive on time.

Abde was loaned to Osasuna after renewing with Barça until 2026.

Real Madrid, after signing Tchouaméni (100 million between fixed and variable), recruiting Rüdiger with the freedom letter and selling Casemiro to United for 70, no longer moved.

Marco Asensio stayed in his place, as did Odriozola and Mariano.

Nor did Atlético offer any surprises.

Nobody assumed Carrasco's 60 million clause, and Griezmann will continue to be tied to that contract that limits him to participations of less than 45 minutes (as long as Atlético refuses to pay 40 million to Barcelona in one year).

Real Sociedad, who had just lost Isak (70 million Newcastle paid), confirmed the signing of Nigerian Umar Sadiq, Almería's striker who aspires to be one of the sensations of the tournament.

He pays 20 million plus five in variables.

Sevilla, marked this summer by the sales of Koundé and Diego Carlos and the surreal loan of Ocampos to Ajax, presented striker Kasper Dolberg, on loan from Nice with a purchase option.

The Dane joins the Belgian Januzaj.

While Valencia, in the market that lost two referents like Guedes (Wolverhampton) and Carlos Soler (18+4 pays PSG) and embraced Cavani's veteran (35 years), closed the window by once again achieving the transfer of the midfielder Ilaix Moriba and also the season-long loan of striker Justin Kluivert.

For the Colombian winger Mojica, Villarreal will pay Elche around five million euros.

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