The coach is satisfied with his performance, although it will be the club and the player who decide his future
Renewal or transfer are the two ways open for the Dutchman, whose contract ends in June 2023
Memphis arrived last summer without any transfer between Barça and Olympique de Lyon. He signed a two-year contract and a relatively low record, already adequate to the new salary scales of the first team. At the end of his first year, the Dutchman published a message on his Instagram account in which he assured more work so that his second season at Barça would be more successful than the first. In short, he expressed his desire to fulfill his contract.
The plans that Barça has with him, as we already explained in SPORT, could go in another direction. The need for there to be exits and for these to serve to make money with which to go to the transfer market forces us to consider practically everything. In that sense, Memphis has a great poster in Europe and there are several clubs that have been interested in him, including Arsenal. Barça is willing to listen to offers, although it does not close the door to its continuity either, although in this case with the condition of tying a renewal that prevents it from being released from July 1, 2023.
Xavi Hernández, in this specific case, is not going to row in one direction or another. The coach gave a list of the names that should come out this summer and the one from Memphis was not one of them. Despite this, the owner of the Camp Nou bench will accept what the sports management and the player himself end up deciding. In the same way that he has not requested his departure, he would not block a hypothetical transfer either. He is satisfied with the player’s performance when he has had minutes and also with his professionalism, so he understands that if he stays he will be one more of the squad.
It is clear that the names he thinks of to lead the attack are Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and, above all, Robert Lewandowski, but he is also convinced that having a player like Memphis is never too much, it gives him a broad squad and different profiles. in offensive matters. Thus, the last word when planning the future of the Dutchman has the player himself and the sports management.