THE OPTION IS VALID FOR TWO YEARS
Barça will only be able to buy back Ez Abde until 2025
As the days go by, more details of the transfer of Ez Abde to Real Betis have been revealed. FC Barcelona, which reserved a repurchase option, could only execute it until the summer of 2025
The Real Betis achieved an authentic 'bargain' with the traspaso of Ez Abde. It arrived in the straight final of the market of signings in a very beneficial transfer that, as it comes informing in the last hours, has mosqueado to the leaders of the FC Barcelona because they feel that they have 'lost'. The player insisted in leaving to Benito Villamarín and the blaugrana finished yielding after going down his economic expectations of considerable way.
It is not a secret for anybody that, although the intention was that the Moroccan remained in the City Condal, from the dispatches of the club had priced it in some 30 million euros. However, only it wanted to go to the Betis. They were in a situation complicated with the Fair Play financial and Ramón Plans, sportive and ex director of the Barça, looked for a formula more than beneficial to do with 50% of his rights by the next five seasons, until the summer of 2028.
The option of repurchase of the Barça
The true is that, with the happen of the days, have gone going out to the light more details of the movement 'in extremis' in the market. It is very very known that the Barcelona entity reserved an option of repurchase that rondaría the 20 million euros. Such as it has informed Fabrizio Romano, specialist in the market of signings, only would be effective during the next two campaigns. That is to say, the culés only could repurchase to Abde in the summer of 2024 or 2025.
It supposes an operation of gold of Plans, that has 'carried' to an attacker that carries time showing that it is for big things. Already in the course happened with the Osasuna had showed that it is an authentic danger and that injects disequilibrium, dribbling and speed to the attack. In the Barça were very conscious that it was an important and necessary profile, but could not promise him all the leadership that he was asking. Against of the wishes of Xavi Hernández, finished going out.
It could go back Ez Abde to the Barça?
It is worth it to remember that, after selling 50% of the rights by 7,5 million euros, the Catalan entity could take out a good cut of a possible operation. It will be in the diary his possible turn to the City Condal, but more like an option for 2025 that in the next year, because it would remain in the same situation that this summer. Besides, it results unlikely that want to (or can) pay the 20 'kilos' of the clause of repurchase.
