Barcelona could finalise the exit of two out-of-favour stars within a week

As the summer transfer window approaches, Barcelona are getting desperate to make sales so that they can attain Financial Fair Play margin that will allow them to make signings and register them in the summer.

Before that, the La Liga champions also have the matter of registering the new contracts of players like Gavi, Ronald Araujo, Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto, Inaki Pena, and potentially Alejandro Balde once he renews.

As things stand, reports suggest that Barça only have room to register four new contracts following the confirmation of the exits of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.

But for more players to be registered, player sales are necessary. The Catalans are hoping to finalise the departures of players like Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, and Franck Kessie in the summer.

At the same time, they are also hoping to get rid of out-of-favour players such as Clement Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti, who will soon be returning to the club following the completion of their loan spells at Tottenham and Lecce, respectively.

As such Mundo Deportivo is reporting that Barcelona could finalise the exits of both the French defenders within a week.

While Lenglet may be returning to Barça following his loan spell at Tottenham, the Lilywhites remain intent on signing him permanently and talks are expected to take place between the two clubs over the same in the coming days.

The only issue is that Spurs are willing to offer a low transfer fee of around €5 million for Lenglet, even though Barcelona had been hoping to get around €10-12 million. However, given that getting his €10 million wages off the books is crucial, the Catalans may relent.

As for Umtiti, he has admirers in Italy and France, but there are no contract offers yet. However, he has proposals from two clubs in Saudi Arabia, which seems to be tempting the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner.

Ideally, Barcelona wish to close their departures before June 30 and the report claims that they could finalise it as early as within a week. Doing so will help the Catalan giants in a big way with regard to their Financial Fair Play situation.