Barcelona not thinking about 29-year-old Atletico Madrid forward’s signing amid other priorities

Rumoured heavily to be Barcelona’s successor on the left-wing, Carrasco’s signing now looks to be in jeopardy. After careful evalutation of the Feasibility Plan and the restrictions imposed by La Liga, it appears that the Atletico Madrid winger is no longer a realistic option.

Despite Barcelona’s best attempts to create as much leeway possible in their proposed Viability Plan, an array of exit operations have to be carried out first, which obstruct the Blaugranas‘ ability to acquire all their targets.

At the moment, a list of priorities has been drawn up. This includes the defensive midfielder, an attacking midfielder and a center forward.

Xavi in an interview with Jijantes FC claimed, “Busquets’ replacement has to be a very high level player. We also need a creative midfielder and a striker.” 

According to Javier Miguel from AS, with these profiles holding the most weightage, Carrasco’s signing does not engender much consensus anymore in the Barcelona headquarters.

Yannick Carrasco and Ez Abde are two players that have been incorporated into the sports area for a considerable amount of time.

With regard to the former, an agreement had even been struck with Atlético de Madrid in principle this January to have him join the Blaugrana squad beginning in the 2019–20 season for a sum of close to €15 million.

The major barrier is the LaLiga penalty, which wards off Barcelona from operating within the boundaries of 1/1. This forces the Catalans to go through the 40% hoop in all of its activities, meaning that they will only be able to enter €400,000 in transfers for every million that is sold.

Considering the arrival of Abde from loan and the increased likelihood of Ferran Torres staying, Carrasco would merely be a luxury signing that the club, at this point in time, can not afford.