Athletic has prevented the announcement of the signing of Iñigo Martínez by Barça

The FC Barcelona announced officially the arrival of Ilkay Gündogan like new Barcelona player and a lot of culés understood that shortly after, or even before that the German, could produce the announcement of the contracting of Iñigo Martínez like free player. However, the month of June seems that it goes to finish in brief and the communiqué in relation with the central has not arrived.

The reason behind this demora has not been caused by the Barça, but by the own Athletic Club, the team where the central has contested his last five seasons. Like this it has affirmed it the journalist Gerard Romero of 'Jijantes', aiming that the Basque entity does not allow to the defender that announce his arrival to the institution culé until it do not finalise his agreement with them, this next day Friday.

A pair of days more could not being sufficient

Once surpassed this date, one that stipulates in the agreements of almost all the players to world-wide level to the hour to know which is his last day of official agreement with a club, everything seems to indicate that the Barça will be able to do his official communiqué. However, yes that it is true that of the side culé could follow demorando something more the announcement, at least until having more security with regard to the 'operation gone out'.

And it is that the culés have to close several courses before leaving go in to the signings. Exits like the one of the Lenglet, Umtiti or Ferran Torres are those that would favour the announcement of Iñigo pending of the movements of the Catalan directive. Now, with the economic exercise of the season 22/23 ready to close , the Barça wanted to accelerate the exits to announce to the Biscayan, although they have not existed positive news.

The Barça is having problems to sell

The day 1 July will begin, together with the market of signings, the new economic exercise and the group blaugrana has to sanear his numbers the maximum possible. The solution are the sales, but right now the option of Lenglet by the Tottenham seems that it has 'cooled', as it commented Fabrizio Romano this Wednesday, and the situation does not seem much better with Umtiti, Dest, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati.