Barcelona’s economic situation cools down in negotiations with Gundogan

O barcelona has as one of its targets for the next transfer window the midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, currently in manchester city and whose contract ends in June. According to the Catalan newspaper sports worldthe German player’s representatives have been negotiating with Barça for weeks and would be close to a three-year deal.

However, according to the newspaper, Gundogan’s departure has become uncertain due to the economic instability that the Catalan club is experiencing. In addition, City, which previously had only offered one more year of contract for the German, is now willing to sign a long contract, something that pleases the athlete.

#OnThisDay a year ago, @IlkayGuendogan clinched the @premierleague title on the final day! 🙌

Chills… pic.twitter.com/6pedMaZhUU

— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 22, 2023

The big doubt in relation to Barcelona’s economic situation is due to the delay in La Liga in authorizing the club’s financial viability plan. The league has also not yet released the record of the new deals for Gavi, Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso and Sergi Roberto.

Barça’s board remains optimistic that La Liga will authorize the team’s economic plan, but the entity’s delay cools down the negotiation with Gundogan, who will only sign if there is a guarantee that there will be no contractual problem with the club.

At the moment, Gundogan is concentrated with City for the FA Cup and Champions League finals. So no deal will be signed now, which gives Barcelona a few more weeks to wait for La Liga’s response.

The delay also affects the team’s effort to bring Lionel Messi back. The resolution of the soap opera with the Argentine, on the other hand, also impacts on the economic situation of Barcelona, ​​which will have different finances based on the presence or not of the star in its squad.