THE BAENA CLAUSE, PROHIBITIVE FOR BARÇA
Álex Baena, a desired signing that will continue to resist Barça
FC Barcelona has had Álex Baena, a Villarreal player, on its agenda for some years. He is a player who would fit into the team, but his transfer has always been an impossible 'dream'. This summer, your situation will not change
In the FC Barcelona have begun to 'take out' accounts of face to the season that comes, trying find a formula to reinforce his staff without breaking with the parameters of the Fair Play Financial. The club does not cross by his best situacion and, although they expect flexibilización of the measures of the economic control, are conscious that they will not be able to incorporate a lot of players. In summary, will have to define very well his priorities -once again- before going out to the market.
The eternal crisis of the culés causes that, year after year, descarten signings that can be 'strategic' for the club, as it is the case of Álex Baena that carries several years in the diary, but has been a case 'impossible'. From SPORT have aimed that the reports that has the Barça of the midfield player almeriense are very positive and confirm that it would fit, by confeccion of the staff, in the team. However, it is not an urgency... And there is not, neither, how tackle the operation.
In the City Condal have valued his incorporation by several reasons: His polivalencia, because it can play so much of inner as of false extreme by the left, his good reading of the game and of the spaces. It is a player that has fit in the needs of the culés, but that has turned into an almost impossible option by the economic factor. In January of the past year renewed his agreement with the Villarreal, until 30 June 2028, and in the Barça think that his clause of rescission round the 40 million euros.
The price and the continuity of Joao Félix 'condition' any signing
It is a mount that, obviously, in the Catalan club can not allow in the actuality. All the reinforcements for this summer will be strategic and, in the measure of the possibilities, 'low cost'. The Villarreal is not a team that 'give' to his players, much less when they pretend them teams of LaLiga. Already they had a bad experience with Juan Foyth, when they pretended him to reinforce the right side and the figures for his sale were very high.
Besides, another factor that 'hamper' a hypothetical incorporation of Baena is the more than possible continuity of Joao Félix. They are players very different, but has the 'square' of left extreme in the Barça. The conditions in which the Portuguese would continue, to fault in accordance with the Athletic of Madrid, would be much more favourable for the Barcelona to economic level. The possibility that the ex of Girona arrive to the club are minimum to average term.
