Jordi Alba durante su despedida del FC Barcelona

JOAN LAPORTA EXPLAINS THE KEYS

The great economic benefit of FC Barcelona with the departure of Jordi Alba

Published:1/06/2023 - 23:57h

Updated:2/06/2023 - 00:46h

In Jordi Alba's farewell, the president of FC Barcelona Joan Laporta has revealed the most positive side of the farewell to the left-back, who will forgive a very significant amount of money

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Jordi Alba has sacked of the FC Barcelona this Thursday with a moving act in the Auditori 1899, accompanied by his familiar, friends, mates and representatives of the managerial board of the club. It has left by the big door and gives the welcome, definite, to the new 'blood' in the Barcelona picture, after a season in which it had left to be indisputable in the left side in front of the irruption of Alejandro Balde that is called to be the natural relief of the of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat.

The '18' received messages of many of his friends, mates and excompañeros in video, but in the Auditori 1899 has accompanied him Joan Laporta, the one who after the statements of Alba, Gerard Hammered or Sergio Busquets, offered some moving words to the defender. In addition to being a legend of the club, has done an economic effort 'impagable' that will help to the arks of the Barcelona of face to the market of signings estival.

The exit of Alba, a relief for the interests culés

In the next season, the player of 34 years went to turn into the best paid of the staff with a wage of around 36 million euros that 'answer' to the big quantities that had differed in the previous exercises by the COVID-19 or the difficulties to inscribe footballers (2021). Alba has renounced completely to what corresponds him earn and will be a big favour for the interests of the blaugrana in the market estival.

Joan Laporta has commissioned to stand out the big commitment of the player, that leaves "helping economically", something that few people and professional in the football "are able to do it". It has stood out that the club has not asked him at all and that, by the contrary, was initiative of Alba: "Jordi, by his initiative, clear has a good agreement, that has won it to him, will follow his career because it still has fuse during some years, but has had this deference, by barcelonismo, to help economically to the club. It has renounced to an important part of his index card", stood out, in concrete, the maximum mandator.

Alba 'help' to the signings of the 2023-2024

With the goodbye of the that, up to now, has been the second captain of the team, in the cúpula Barcelona understand that will have more margin to go out to reinforce the staff of Xavi Hernández and inscribe to the players that renewed recently his agreements. The culés are expecting that from LaLiga give green light to the plan of economic feasibility, but are conscious that the saving of the index card of Alba will be a 'plus' very important that will have weight in the Fair Play.

Like this it specified it Laporta, that ensured that the footballer renounced to his agreement to "give us margin in the subject of the fair play financial. And this say it proud because it shows the personality of Jordi. You are part of our shield. We are here for what need", sentenció, leaving the open doors of the club of face to the future.

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