Two weeks to release three players

At his press conference last Monday, Joan Laporta showed hope that Barcelona could still lighten up plus his wage bill before the summer market closes next August 31st. For that date there are exactly two weeks left in which Barça will accumulate work and pressure with three clear objectives that you have placed in the showcase: Samuel Umtiti, Miralem Pjanic and Martin Braithwaite.

None of the three seem to make it easy to get out of the club. In fact, they carry all summer being offered to all the teams in Europe and, for one reason or another, nothing has been achieved yet. The three cases are different.

Umtiti Y Pjanic they know that They do not count for the technician under any circumstances and that they will not enter neither in the lists of summoned. In case of Braithwaite is more flexible. As long as he's on the squad, he'll be counted on.

The French central has assumed that it will go, but value the offers you have. Or at least, that is what they slip from their environment. In fact, he has not decided to leave for at least a season. Sum two seasons with serious problems of injury of which says to be recovered. In preseason he played a few more minutes as a claim to potential buyers than as a sign of confidence on the part of the coach.

Above him hangs the threat of unilateral termination of the contract with the future to settle the compensation payment in the courts. He has two more years on his contract and he is one of the highest chips in the squad, but even so, the club believes that before the term expires they will find him a team. Probably with the freedom letter.

With Pjanic It seemed that all roads led to a return to Juventus as transferred, but that the Turin team closed yesterday the signing of Locatelli complicates the situation.

The Bosnian still maintains options in Italy, where he performed at a very high level before arriving at Barça, but the clearest was that of Allegri's Juventus.

For his part, Danish forward still convinced that he can succeed in Barcelona and the club is comfortable with him, waiting for a convincing offer to arrive.