Amadeu García Barcelona
Barcelona
Updated Friday, March 29, 2024-23:57
Ronald Araujo
is a fundamental piece for Barça. This is how the Barça club itself never stops emphasizing it over and over again. He is considered a very important asset and, not in vain, has become one of the team's captains. His talent, however, has not gone unnoticed throughout Europe. Very especially, for a Bayern Munich that, in recent days, has once again made it clear that it is willing to bet very hard to sign him. In fact, through an intermediary, he would have already let the entity chaired by
Joan Laporta
know that he has 100 million euros to go after him. A considerable amount that would be a monetary injection for the economy of the entity, still in the process of recovery after the ravages that, according to the numbers of the current board, ended up leaving the presidency of
Josep Maria Bartomeu
.
From the Barça club, of course, they are not currently in the business of selling the Uruguayan centre-back. However, the battered coffers of the Barcelona entity, together with the need to close a couple of million-dollar sales next summer to shore up its financial
fair play
once and for all,
could be a compelling reason to end up paying some attention to the proposal of the Bavarian team. Currently, in addition, Barça has a good number of center backs in its squad who, in principle, should remain in the club beyond next June 30:
Koundé, Íñigo Martínez, Christensen
, who could also be on the exit ramp , but refuses for now to contemplate such an option, and Araujo himself. Four footballers who have been joined this same year by
Pau Cubarsí
who is considered an asset for the future with a great present and, in the bedroom, there are also other names, such as those of
Mika Faye
who, perhaps, could have minutes this Saturday against Las Palmas.
«He has already played some friendly matches with us. "He is aggressive, fast, has good ball control and has a very good level," said Xavi in relation to the Senegalese centre-back. Barça's defense, with all these names, seems to be in very good hands. And that reality, in turn, could be what ends up leading the club to reconsider its currently non-negotiable refusal to part with Araujo.
Deco
, meanwhile, already put on the table several weeks ago to his representative the option of extending the Uruguayan's contract until June 30, 2029. A proposal that, for the moment, has not yet had an affirmative response from the player , despite the fact that he has not tired of pointing out, time and time again, that he does not see himself outside the Barça club. The president himself, Joan Laporta, would have even taken action on the matter to make this happen. But in a world as changing as that of football, all options must always be considered, no matter how hard they may seem on paper.
For now, however, unless the club finally agrees to negotiate, Araujo's departure seems really complicated. We must not forget that the last time he sealed the renewal of his contract, in 2022 and valid until June 30, 2026, it was established that his termination clause was estimated at 1,000 million euros. An amount that is understood to be absolutely prohibitive for any club and that has become the usual trend in the Barcelona entity with its most important assets since
Neymar
, in the summer of 2017, paid the 222 million that ended up promoting his signing for the club. PSG. At that point, taking into account all the pros and cons, the hypothetical departure of the Uruguayan, after payment of an amount that the club ends up considering acceptable, would be much less traumatic than that of the Brazilian. In this case, both due to the club's financial needs and the fact that it would not be necessary to spend exactly a million to find a replacement.