The club will open the door for him with the letter of freedom, but the winger wants to continue yes or yes
For now, no salary reduction has been negotiated, but Barça needs to reach an agreement with him
Barça’s bet on the left side for next season is clear. The two names that Xavi Hernández will have are Marcos Alonso, renewed for one season, and Balde, who is already very close to signing his shield. Jordi Alba will remain, once again, as a third option and the club hopes to reach an agreement with the footballer, agreeing to his departure or renegotiating his salary, which will be the highest next year. For now, the subject has not begun to be elucidated, but in this month of April there will be contacts.
Jordi Alba, who is clear about his situation after watching the games in recent weeks from the bench, does not want to leave the Camp Nou. He has one year left on his signed contract and his intention is to finish his contract and then make a decision about his future. The winger is in very good physical shape and is clear that he can fight for a place in the eleven. He knows that his current situation depends more on the club’s intentions about his future than on sports issues and he will hold out until his chance comes.
The Blaugrana club already agreed to his loan to Inter last season, but now the objective would be to give him the letter of freedom, something that Jordi Alba cannot accept. From there the salary negotiation will enter. SPORT already explained that Barça could renew him for one or two years to distribute his salary over more seasons, something that would help lower the salary limit for the next course, but for now there have been no contacts.
Jordi Alba has a lot of market. He has proven to be one of the best left-backs of the decade and there are teams that value his verticality, speed and technique. But leaving Barça would mean giving up a high salary that has been earned for performance and for the deferrals that he agreed to at the time. We will also have to see what happens with Leo Messi, his great ally on the field, and with the future of Busquets, but today it seems that he will continue even as a third-back, since Marcos Alonso will go to the sideline permanently if Íñigo Martínez ends up arriving.