Barcelona rejected PSG’s €100 million offer for 20-year-old Golden Boy winner

Barcelona over the last three to four years have been trying to reduce the age of their roster significantly.

The disastrous displays in Europe at the hands of Roma, Liverpool, and Bayern Munich raised a fair few eyebrows at the ‘sacred cows’, consisting of the likes of Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and Luis Suarez, among others.

However, over the last months, Barcelona have parted with Pique – who retired -, and Busquets and Alba – who have decided to leave the club on their own accord. Not to forget, Lionel Messi is not returning anytime soon, either.

Barcelona’s youngsters have taken charge on and off-the-pitch, but their impressive displays has churned interest in multiple European clubs.

In fact, according to a report by Victor Malo, Barcelona rejected a €100 million offer from PSG for Pedri. Multiple clubs are keeping tabs on the Catalan youngsters, and also with the club’s dire financial situation.

Top clubs across the continent know about Barcelona’s horribly lopsided wage bill, and their need to sell players to raise money through player sales.

While Barca have not put the likes of Pedri, Gavi, Ronald Araujo, among others, on the market, the financial giants know they could tempt the blaugranes with an interesting offer for their young guns.

Thankfully, Barcelona have locked down most of their young starlets to €1 billion release clauses, with little room for negotiation. Gavi, Pedri, Araujo, Balde remain untouchable.

On the contrary, however, the futures of Eric Garcia, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, and Jules Kounde are still up in the air.

Garcia will, in all probability, continue as the fifth-choice defensive midfielder, while neither Fati, nor Ferran have put in convincing performances.

Kounde was the first-choice right-back for Xavi last season, but he prefers to play as a centre-back. He will have to fight with Araujo and Andreas Christensen, who were the starting pairing across 2022/23.