Hansi Flick’s Barcelona are La Liga champions after a routine 2-0 victory over their rivals, Espanyol, saw them become uncatchable at the top of the Spanish top tier – but reports have suggested that they are still looking to sell a total of NINE players this summer.
Lamine Yamal, well, did Lamine Yamal things in the 53rd minute by curling his effort perfectly into the top left corner. It took until the dying embers for Blaugrana to get their second as Yamal, who was rushed off the pitch at full-time by Flick, set up Fermin Lopez.
Despite the jubilation of winning their 28th showpiece, the club’s Sporting Director, Deco, and his team will now turn their attention to the summer transfer window and how they will build a squad worthy of retaining their status as champions of Spain.
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Of course, as the club’s powers that be (the aforementioned Deco included) take stock of their title-winning squad, there are few untouchables – the three 2025 Ballon d’Or candidates in Yamal, Raphinha and Pedri are, no doubt, safe.
But if Barcelona are to comply with La Liga’s uncompromising financial regulations, they have to trim the fat this summer: and, as such, Frenkie de Jong’s future is currently hanging in the balance, especially if he doesn’t put pen to paper on new terms, per Spanish publication SPORT.
A terrific player on his day, Flick may not want the Dutchman to stunt the development of the likes of Marc Casado and Gavi, who is looked at as being one of Flick’s favourites. That said, the latter has also been reported as having an uneasy future at the club.
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Manchester United-linked Fermin Lopez, the 22-year-old attacking midfielder who graduated from the fabled La Masia in 2023, may also bring his Nou Camp stay to an end in the summer alongside fellow youngsters Pablo Torre and Hector Fort.
Flick is beyond blessed with an enviable goalkeeping situation: both Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and Wojciech Szczesny are rotating between the sticks – but that throws the future of Inaki Pena, 26, up in the air amid a lack of minutes this term.
Another who is reported to be in the shop window ahead of an all-important trading period is Ronald Araujo, who is one of the greatest footballers born in 1999. The Uruguayan, following the emergence of Pau Cubarsi, could be one to leave.
Just one year following his arrival from Girona in the summer of 2024, 23-year-old Pau Victor is also deemed surplus to requirements and may be offloaded. That’s, perhaps, down to the fact that he’s played just 362 minutes across all competitions.
What with Marcus Rashford being firmly on Barcelona’s radar, especially after a personal endorsement from none other than Yamal himself, Ansu Fati – the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history – may find game time hard to come by. The waning phenom could also be on the chopping block.
Barcelona’s Nine-Man Chopping Block
Name
Frenkie de Jong
Gavi
Fermin Lopez
Inaki Pena
Ronald Araujo
Pablo Torre
Hector Fort
Pau Victor
Ansu Fati
All statistics per Transfermarkt and Capology - correct as of 16/05/2025