Barcelona head of state Joan Laporta claimed the club declined a deal worth $270 million (EUR250M) for ahead Lamine Yamal in the summertime.
Laporta did not disclose that wished to authorize Yamal, yet different records have actually recommended Paris Saint-Germain had actually lined the young adult up as a substitute for Kylian Mbappé, that signed up with Real Madrid previously this year.
Laporta made the discovery as he protected Bar ça’s choice to allow particular gamers leave, refuting that the club’s economic troubles had actually required their hand in particular circumstances.
“There are those that think we have [transferred players] to balance the accounts,” Laporta claimed in a meeting with Bar ça’s internal tv network. “But that is not the case. The players that have left have left for sporting reasons.
“[Ousmane] Demb élé, [Marc] Guiu … they will not have points just as good as they did at Bar ça at any type of various other club.
“We know what we are doing in the transfer market. We want those that are the best and who want to be here to stay — and we have shown that.
” A club pertained to me to authorize Lamine for EUR250M and I claimed no.”
Since making his first team debut as a 15-year-old in 2023, Yamal has become a regular for club and country.
The 17-year-old has already made over 60 appearances for Barça and played a key role as Spain won the European Championships this past summer.
In an interview with ESPN this week, Cesc Fabregas labelled Yamal the biggest talent in world football, but there are already concerns over his exposure to senior football.
Barça midfielder Pedri has suffered injury problems since playing both the European Championships and the Olympic Games with Spain in the summer of 2021 and there is a desire to avoid a similar situation with Yamal.
A club vs. country row threatened to break out this week when Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said the onus should be on clubs to rest players — not the national teams — but an argument was avoided when Yamal returned to Barça after picking up a hamstring strain in Spain’s game against Denmark.
“It’s the clubs that pay the gamers,” Laporta reminded De la Fuente. “You need to maintain that in mind. [De la Fuente] announces [Spain] simply have them for one video game a month, effectively, yet we pay the gamers.
“We don’t want a repeat of what happened with Pedri. Making Lamine play [against Denmark] was reckless. Of course we defended our interests and they understood our planning and what the player felt.
“Lamine is a large individuality and ultimately the appropriate standards was used.”
Yamal returned to Barcelona on Sunday, sitting out Spain’s win over Serbia on Tuesday, and is rated as touch-and-go for Sunday’s LaLiga game against Sevilla.
However, Barça are hopeful he will be fine for the games which follow, against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and away at Real Madrid in the league on Oct. 26.
Yamal has scored five goals and set up five more in 11 appearances for Barça this season, forming part of the most productive front three in Europe’s top five leagues alongside Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.
