FC Barcelona is trying to protect a 17-year-old prospect.
ESPN reported on the 18th (Korea Standard Time) that "FC Barcelona President Juan Laporta rejected a 250 million euro offer (about 371.5 billion won) to Ramin Yamal in the summer transfer market."
Laporta mentioned the transfer of Yamal because of the strong voices of concern over the recent financial situation of FC Barcelona. According to Spanish media, he is suffering from severe financial difficulties. However, when Laporta refuted this, he brought up Yamal's name.
"People think that there is a player who left because of financial difficulties. However, he left because of sports reasons," Laporta said. "That was the case with Usman Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain) and Marc Giu (Chelsea)," adding, "We hope that the best players will stay in the team. A club asked us to transfer to Yamal for 250 million euros, but we refused."
Laporta did not mention a specific club. However, local media reported that Paris Saint-Germain was the club that sought to recruit Yamal.
Yamal, born in 2007, has already played for FC Barcelona and Spain.
Since his debut in the FC Barcelona team in 2023, he has played more than 60 matches. He played a decisive role in Spain's victory at Euro 2024 last summer. The question is whether he will overwork himself.
Spanish legend Cesc Fabregas recently expressed his concern over Ramal's overwork through ESPN. In fact, FC Barcelona suffered from an injury after Pedri, who was born in 2002, played in consecutive Euro and Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Yamal also returned to FC Barcelona immediately after suffering from overloaded hamstring in the match against Denmark in October. 메이저사이트
"It's a club that gives money to players. Coach Luiz Dera Puente says it's only one game a month, but we give money to players," Laporta said. "I don't want to repeat Pedri's work. Yamal's participation in the match against Denmark was reckless."