Germanywho participated in the assembly of compromisers of the entity, especially for give an account of its management in the market of ups and downssummed up that more and more the FC Barcelona will focus on hiring players who are free, more than in the payment of transfers.
Thus he gave as an example the signings of Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen, Marcos Alonso and Héctor Bellerínwhich arrived in the winter market at zero cost.
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“In addition, we have focused on renewing young players and cutting contracts for veteran players, with more than 30 years”, insisted the Majorcan executive, who praised the management of the board of directors.
Alemany recalled that when he arrived at the club he met off-market contractswhich blocked the registration of new contracts in LaLiga by the 1-4 rule and made it difficult to sell to players.
“75% of those salaries no longer exist and the goal is for those salaries to disappear,” insisted Alemany, who explained that Barça is committed to young people, both in La Masia and outside it, such as Pablo Torre.
Regarding the agreement with Atlético de Madrid for Antoine Griezmann, the head of Barcelona football commented that it has been “important”. “We were taking away an important salary,” he argued.
He also commented that the transfer of Aubameyang to Chelsea was “an extraordinary operation” not only economically but because “it also generated “fair-play”.
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In general, Alemany said that the current Barca management team has made “a break” with respect to the way the club was managed in the past.
“There are some tough fair-play rules imposed by LaLiga. Our goal is to lower the salary cost and improve sports performance. We have to reach 425-450 million fair-play, now we are 100 million above, promote meritocracy, ”he insisted.
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