Renewal and loan! Iñaki Peña finds his escape route from Barça

Goalkeeper Iñaki Peña was part of the squad for the opening day of LaLiga EA Sports 25/26 against Mallorca, as he was one of the goalkeepers registered until the previous week. However, the Alicante native is clear that Hansi Flick has prioritized Joan García and Wojciech Szczesny to guard the goal. For this reason, he is accelerating his departure.

Como and Celta de Vigo are the main options that the culé '13' has for a new destination. It will be the player himself who defines his next team based on guarantees of minutes and that he can feel important.

Iñaki Peña's intention is to continue in LaLiga with Celta

Italians and Galicians presented their offers to Barça, but they did not meet the requirements. According to 'Transfermarkt', the value of his card is 8 million euros and his annual salary is 3.25 'kilos' per year. For the culés, the ideal is to obtain at least 10 M for the operation.

Celta is the one that has put the most pressure at the last minute to get the services of Iñaki, the team from Balaídos needs to generate salary space, so they are resolving the departures of Iván Villar and Marc Vidal. If these departures are not finalized, it is difficult for the operation to be carried out by the celestial team.

Renewal and loan: Barça's formula to resolve Iñaki's departure

The 26-year-old goalkeeper's contract expires in June 2026. Being the fourth option for the goal, Barça considered the option of terminating his contract. However, the numbers did not fit the budget handled by the blaugrana club.

In that sense, the culé team has proposed to Peña a contract renewal with a mandatory purchase option based on his performance at the end of 25/26.

Iñaki Peña played 23 games in the last year, where he alternated the goal with Szczesny and Marc-André ter Stegen. In those 23 games, the goalkeeper conceded 24 goals, losing the starting position in January.

Time is running out and Barça is looking to move as quickly as possible before the summer market ends and the Polish goalkeeper can be registered. And, of course, to give a quick and timely solution to the goalkeeper born in Alicante. What will be the goalkeeper's new team?