The 18-year-old has a contract until 2031 and the club considers him untransferable, but some misunderstandings have filtered through from Spain with Flick in recent weeks: the Arabs are aiming to get in with an unmissable offer
Four hundred million euros. Simone Inzaghi’s Al-Hilal is serious and offers an unprecedented offer in the world of football. The object of desire is obviously him, Lamine Yamal, Barcelona talent and star of the Spanish national team, who he dragged to the top of Europe just over a year ago. According to what was reported by the Spanish site Fichajes.net, the Arab club has already made contact with Barcelona’s transfer men who, however, have at the moment rejected the offer to the sender. “Yamal is not for sale” they say from Catalonia: the 18-year-old is locked in by a contract until 2031, which provides for a fixed salary of around ten million euros, as well as a signing bonus of 25 spread over six years. Important figures, which only the clubs of the Saudi Pro League could adjust upwards. Precisely.
in the pits
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Yamal is currently dealing with an inflammation of the groin which forced him to miss both Barcelona’s last La Liga match (lost 4-1 in Seville) and the call-up of the Spanish national team for the double match against Georgia and Bulgaria, qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup. His presence in Saturday’s Catalan derby against Girona is also in doubt: Flick’s aim is to risk as little as possible to have him back available ahead of the Clásico on 26 October.
Barça, not at the moment
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The offer for Yamal comes at a complicated moment for Barcelona, who arrived at the break after the double defeat between the Champions League (1-2 against PSG) and the championship. Precisely the defeat in Seville, according to what Fichajes.net writes, would have opened an internal front between Hansi Flick and the Blaugrana dressing room: the German coach would have reproached the team, asking for greater application and intensity both in training and in matches, while the players – including Yamal himself – would have complained about poor dialogue and little understanding on the part of the coach and the staff. A situation which, they write in Spain, could have serious repercussions on the market. And Al-Hilal’s offer complicates things further.
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