Barcelona are gioing to have to make some tough choices this summer, with sales needed to balance the books. It looks like Senegal international Michael Faye will be one of the victims of his financial situation.
The 20-year-old is for sale this summer, although Barcelona will look to keep him within reach, either with a buy-back clause or a high percentage sell-on fee, making it cheaper for the Catalans to do a deal.
Marc-André ter Stegen will be the new first captain of Barcelona when Sergi Roberto left the club. He will lead with Ronald Araújo and Frenkie de Jong while Robert Lewandowski will probably be the fourth captain. @sergisoleMD
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On Saturday it was revealed that Stade Rennes had made a €10-11m bid for Faye with a 25% buyout clause. It was said that there are many more clubs interested, and Sport now report that AS Monaco is one of them. They say that the side from the principality will take advantage of their friendly with Barcelona on Monday night in the Joan Gamper Trophy to discuss the details of a transfer for Faye. They are eager to know what Barcelona's demands are for Faye.
On Friday Eric Garcia confirmed that he will stay in Barcelona this summer, while Pau Cubarsi has also returned from the Olympics. Clement Lenglet will likely move on, but with Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde and Inigo Martinez, the Blaugrana already have six central defenders in their plans before considering Faye. Therefore its sale becomes a rather logical consequence of its resources.
