With the medical check-up starting at 9 in the morning and with the first training session at 7 in the afternoon, Barça kicks off the 22-23 season. With Xavi Hernández at the helm from day one to finish a project that he began to build in November; since on November 20 he made his coaching debut against Espanyol and scored the victory thanks to a penalty converted by Memphis.
Umtiti, Mingueza, Riqui, Lenglet and Neto will not attend to speed up their departure from the club.
Xavi will not have the squad he wants to work with again. Although he pointed out long ago the highs and lows that he wants in the locker room, his will has hardly been fulfilled. he will meet the same faces.
Only the players who finished their contract or loan have left (Dani Alves, Luuk de Jong and Adama Traoré) and he will only have one signing: that of Ivorian Franck Kessié, who will be presented on Wednesday, according to Joan Laporta. Starting the following Monday, the second will be added, Andreas Christensen, who is expected on Thursday for your presentation.
No one else has left and no one else is coming. for now Samuel Umtiti, Riqui Puig, Òscar Mingueza and the injured Moussa Wagué are still at the club. They were ordered to look for equipment and, as they have not yet found it, they have been summoned to persist and not stop negotiating. The club has suggested that they not show up and take advantage of the week. If they continue without luck, they will be welcomed on the 11th.
Neither they nor Ousmane Dembélé are expected, with the contract finished, Neither Clément Lenglet nor Neto Murara, but they are already down to work to close their transfer or an assignment. Barça, for the time being, is confirmed with releasing tokens and salary bills to close signings already agreed with the footballers that Xavi has requested, but not with their clubs.
Lewandowski is summoned in Munich on the 12th and he wants to avoid the trance that must appear
Waiting for more levers
The delay in obtaining extraordinary income and the absence of transfers delay the remodeling of the locker room. Laporta has only closed the sale of 10% of the television rights. Despite the value of 207.5 million euros, they have not allowed any transfer. Kessié and Christensen arrive with the freedom letter. It will be with the sale of an additional 15% that Barça will be able to sit down negotiate with Leeds (for Raphinha), Chelsea (Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso) and Sevilla (Koundé).
The priority and the icing
The priority, however, is the pact with Bayern Munich with Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker is summoned on the 12th in Munich and all parties want to avoid the conflict that would mean that Lewandowski would have to go and give up doing so to underline his position of not continuing at Bayern even though he has one year left on his contract.
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The last reinforcement, the icing, on the contrary, would be Bernardo Silva. An extra for Xavi who depends on Frenkie de Jong and if he leaves an appreciable amount with his transfer. Without leaving Manchester, the money paid by United will go to City.
At the moment, Silva walks in the land of utopia. The reality is that Xavi will start working with half a squad. The injured (Piqué, Roberto, Dest, Eric, Pedri and Nico), will be ready, with medical discharge, to start fighting for a position that is going to get more expensive. Ter Stegen, Arnau Tenas, Abde, Balde, among others, will attend the event. The internationals who participated with their national teams in June have one more week of vacation.