{"id":89543,"date":"2025-06-22T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/araujo-christensen-and-eric-barca-looking-to-sell-center-back_313185_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:26:24","slug":"araujo-christensen-and-eric-barca-looking-to-sell-center-back_313185_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/araujo-christensen-and-eric-barca-looking-to-sell-center-back_313185_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Araujo, Christensen and Eric: a center on the exit ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"
The board of FC Barcelona<\/a> is beginning to clear up its doubts regarding the ‘overbooking’ of center-backs in the squad. Hansi Flick<\/a> has five players for this demarcation, without forgetting that Jules Kound\u00e9<\/a>, established as a right-back, is also a natural center-back.<\/p> In that sense, considering the need to raise funds, Bar\u00e7a anticipates at least one departure in the central axis this summer. For now, only Pau Cubars\u00ed<\/a> and I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez<\/a> have the label of non-transferable, the first as the center-back with the best projection in Spanish football with just 18 years and a season in the first team.<\/p> Cubars\u00ed is one of the fundamental pieces of the new Bar\u00e7a and this is demonstrated by his performance in the 24\/25 season, where he played 56 of the team’s 60 matches in all competitions<\/strong>. I\u00f1igo, for his part, became the leader of the defense after the arrival of Flick and Bar\u00e7a rewarded his great season by renewing him for one more year.<\/p> However, the club plans to extend the Basque player’s contract until 2027<\/a>, although the ‘5’ will finish the 25\/26 season with 35 years completed. In the previous year, Mart\u00ednez scored 3 goals and 6 assists, his best year in terms of offensive production.<\/p> Hence, the consolidation of the I\u00f1igo-Cubars\u00ed duo casts doubt on the continuity of players such as Ronald Araujo<\/a>, Andreas Christensen<\/a> and Eric Garc\u00eda<\/a>. At least one of the three defenders must leave this summer to free up salary mass and generate income for the club. A couple of weeks before the formal opening of the summer market, this is the situation of the Uruguayan, the Danish and the Catalan:<\/p> \ud83d\udcccRonald Araujo<\/strong>: although the ‘charr\u00faa’ had problems returning to his best level after the injury that kept him out for four months (between July and October), Bar\u00e7a still considers him a key piece. The ‘4’ renewed in January until 2031<\/a>, but he can leave for an affordable price (65 ‘kilos’) during the first two weeks of July. For now, the Uruguayan does not plan to leave and is confident of regaining his starting place in the 25\/26 season.<\/p> \ud83d\udcccEric Garc\u00eda<\/strong>: the Catalan seemed destined to leave in January, but Flick convinced him to stay. The ’24’ was a great help to cover absences in the center of the field and the right side, responding to the coach’s confidence with good performances as a pivot and left back, this in the last month of competition. His contract ends in 2026, so he must renew soon<\/a>. <\/p> \ud83d\udcccAndreas Christensen<\/strong>: the Dane had very bad luck with injuries, missing practically the entire season due to muscular problems. Although Flick was satisfied with his performance in the 5 matches he was able to play in the final stretch of the 24\/25 season, his salary (9 M\u20ac gross per year) and the possibility of leaving for free in 2026 open the exit door for him. However, Arabia is for now his only likely destination and the ’15’ wants to continue playing in Europe.<\/p> This is the situation of Araujo, Christensen and Eric at Bar\u00e7a<\/h2>