FC Barcelona: La Masia, from training center to cash register | Copa del Rey 2019

Barcelona sells to three youth players for a total of 33 million euros to ease their balance while looking for a 9 in the market

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  “I find it much simpler than I thought”
  

In his official presentation with Bara, Quique Setin He sent a message to La Masia: This club has an extraordinary quarry. I do not know in depth the majority of the players, but they will come with us and participate. If they really progress and earn it, they can play in the first team and be one more. Two weeks later, the presiding entity Josep Maria Bartomeu has made box with the outputs of three talents formed in the lower categories. The last one Carles Prez what has happened to have minutes with Ernesto Valverde to look for life in Rome.

In recent days, Bara has closed three operations that have allowed him to enter 33.2 million euros. Carles Prez has gone to Rome for 15 million euros, the Braga has signed to Abel Ruiz for 10 million and the club has added 8.2 million more for the transfer of Alejandro Marqus to Juventus. In this last case, the cessation of the Brazilian is included Matheus Pereira, by whom the Catalans, according to the set bianconero, they will have to pay for the next summer a purchase option of eight million if a series of requirements are met. In short, something that reminds a lot of bartering among goalkeepers Jasper Cillessen Y Murara net with Valencia that allowed me to add numbers at the end of last season.

Of the three, the operation that has surprised most is that of a Carles Prez who, in October of last year, after signing the extension of your contract until June 30, 2022, made very clear his intention to continue at all costs in the Barcelona entity. I've always wanted to stay and never heard proposals from outside. When they called me to tell me they wanted to renew me, I didn't think twice. For me it was more important to be here than to collect 1.5 million euros with 16 years. My dream is to succeed in Bara, then assured the young forward in statements to the SER chain. Now, things are very different. To such an extent that he did not want to know anything about including a repurchase option in the conditions of his transfer to Rome. The Barça club, that is, will have the right of first refusal if the Italians decide to put it on sale.

“I have spoken with the club and with Carles Prez”

In the press conference prior to the Copa match against Legans, Quique Setin seemed to want to get rid of the responsibility for the progress of a Carles Prez that so far added 12 games with the first team so far this season. It is a shared decision, and really what I have talked with the boy has been very clear. The reality is that I don't usually talk about private conversations. Of the decisions taken by the club, I give my opinion and I have nothing more to say, the current Barcelona technician said in the first instance. It is clear that I have spoken with the club and the boy. He knows what I have said, I have given my opinion to the club and in the end this has been decided, that It is understood that it is a good decisionI insisted.

He even dropped a phrase that also seemed to hold the player himself partly responsible when asked if he could guarantee there would be no more exits. I can not guarantee anything. These are decisions made by the club, understanding that they are the best for everyone, but nobody leaves if they don't want to leave either, this is so, add the penny.

As for the possible arrival of a new striker, he admitted that he will be more than welcome, but also emphasizing that he is delighted with the squad he has under his command. Also, how not, he stifled the fire that his words could cause after the defeat at Mestalla. You can go around that you want, but I think what I said is clearly understood. We have six trainings, we try to have good communication so that what we transmit is seen in the field. Sometimes they are things that are not easy to explain or understand, but this is an absolutely normal process. There is no intention of reprimanding anyone for that, not even myself, zanj.