BARÇA DID NOT PLACE TO MATCH THE OFFER
Barça ruled out entering a bid for Mateu Alemany after an offer from Aston Villa
Published:3/05/2023 - 00:00h
Updated:3/05/2023 - 00:00h
In the midst of the festive atmosphere due to the imminent league 'alirón', FC Barcelona has confirmed the farewell of Mateu Alemany as football director on June 30. Aston Villa had been tempting him for weeks and, finally, the offer was irresistible
Mateu Alemany Will leave to be the director of football of the FC Barcelona to the term of the 2022/23, as it confirmed the club through a communiqué. The director had a remaining year of agreement, but moved his renunciation to the directive in front of a millionaire offer of the Aston Villa, team that carried already several weeks after the Balearic executive. The 'peasant' want to joint to Alemany with Unai Emery and, in front of the impossibility of the Barça to offer him an improvement salarial, finish convincing him without greater obstacles.
"In spite of having agreement until 2024, Mateu Alemany has moved to the president of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, the intention to initiate a new way, but guaranteeing that it will complete with the entity all the market of summer". In this sense, the managerial will be able to have the consultancy of the director of football until the month of August, although it will leave formally his charge on 30 June, to the term of the financial exercise of the 2022/23.
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Mateu Alemany Will leave the Barça the next 30 June to initiate a new professional project
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The Barça resigna to the goodbye of Alemany
Besides, the communiqué of the managerial culé details how will produce the desincorporación of the current director of football. "The president Laporta has accepted this course by the commitment of Mateu to drive the market of summer until the last operation and can be consulted when the Club require it". Like this, still when Alemany no longer form part of the institution, will work of the hand with Laporta and Jordi Cruyff until 1 September, when it finalise the market veraniego.
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🚨 Mateu Alemany Has communicated TODAY to the club and to the technical body his decision to leave .
❌ The Barça has not posed equalise the offer of the Aston Villa since economically it is impossible.
👉 It has engaged to leave it all fact before the 30 June pic.twitter.com/4nbxogc6rg
The goodbye of the Majorcan supposes a hard reverse for a Barça that will face a very complex market, conditioned by the requirements of the Fair Play financial of LaLiga. In the weeks to come, the directive reconfigurará his sportive direction, since it expects a very intense summer regarding arrivals and, mainly, exits, with the return of Leo Messi like priority.
The Aston Villa adds a key piece for his 'European project'
With the arrival of Alemany, in Villa Park expect to promote the reconstruction of a staff that also will suffer important changes of face to the 2023/24. The aim of the Aston is to finish to put in Europe League this season and consolidate like a powerful team in Europe of the hand of Unai Emery specialist in said work. The Basque technician won thrice the competition with the Seville (2014, 2015 and 2016) and in an occasion with the Villarreal (2021), in addition to being runner-up with the Arsenal in 2019.
