Barcelona could earn around €6-8 million from former CB’s summer sale; Arsenal, Man United interested

Barcelona have been on a mission to offload several of the players that have been deemed surplus to requirements over the last few seasons, but have had trouble finding suitors for these players, especially given their form.

As such, a lot of outgoing transfers that have taken place from the Camp Nou have been on either on free transfers or for minimal transfer fees.

That said, the Catalans have included several clauses in players’ contracts that will help them either buy them back in the near future or earn money after they join another club or play enough games for their current club.

They have already benefited this way from through Estanis Pedrola, who joined Sampdoria in the summer. However, he helped his parent club earn €3 million after making ten appearances for the Serie B outfit.

Similarly, Barcelona had let go of a certain Jean-Clair Todibo in the summer of 2021, with OGC Nice shelling out €8.5 million for his services. The Catalans had reserved a 20% sell-on clause in his contract, which is expected to come to fruition soon.

Summer transfer awaits

One of the finest young players in his position in Europe right now, Todibo was expected to leave Nice for Manchester United in the summer, but refused to move to a team where he would not get enough playing time.

While a winter transfer awaited him initially, SPORT have now reported that Nice will sell him in the summer, with several top clubs interested in his services.

They have slapped a price tag of around €30-40 million on him, which will secure €6-8 million for Barcelona, depending on the final fees.

Barcelona’s cash cow

Barcelona signed Todibo for around €1 million in 2019 from Toulouse. The player was always projected to have a very high ceiling but left in search of regular playing time. Since then, he has helped the blaugranes earn a fair bit of money.

He initially went out on loan to Schalke in January 2020, which helped Barcelona pocket €1.5 million from loan fees.

With a 50% profit already secured, Barça then sent him on loan to Benfica for a €2 million loan fee, with an option to buy him for €20 million at the end of the season. The Portuguese outfit sent him back in January, after which he joined Nice on loan.

The French outfit were more than happy with his performances, and paid €8.5 million for his permanent transfer.

Barcelona have earned €12 million from Todibo already, and the amount could easily cross €20 million come the summer, especially if a bidding war starts.