Barcelona working on the exit of five players

With very little time left in the summer transfer window of 2022, Barcelona are working on offloading a few more players as they hope to create room on their wage bill for any potential incomings.

Gerard Romero is reporting that the Blaugrana are working on securing exits for as many as five stars in the last three days of the transfer window, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ez Abde, Martin Braithwaite, Sergino Dest and Miralem Pjanic being the players in question.

Aubameyang’s departure has been in the works for quite some time now and there is hope that Chelsea and Barcelona can finalise an agreement for the 33-year-old’s transfer as early as today.

The striker’s departure could open the door for Memphis Depay to stay at the club after his transfer to Juventus fell through last week.

As for Abde, the young winger is unlikely to get any minutes under Xavi this season, having not featured even once so far. So, a loan move away from Spotify Camp Nou makes a great deal of sense for the Moroccan, with Real Valladolid emerging as his likely destination.

Braithwaite, meanwhile, is completely out of favour at Camp Nou and has been informed to find a new club. Having been reluctant to leave so far, the Dane is seemingly negotiating his contract termination with the Catalans, which might see him earn a €2.5 million payout.

Dest, too, finds himself in a similar boat as Braithwaite in the sense that he does not belong in manager Xavi’s plans any longer. The USMNT ace has been linked with a transfer to Manchester United, while the Blaugrana are already working on replacements at right-back.

As for Pjanic, Xavi had previously insisted that he decided to keep Pjanic at the club after being impressed by him in pre-season. But the Bosnian is yet to receive any minutes and could now be allowed to leave amidst interest from clubs in France and the Middle East.

These departures could help facilitate the arrivals of a new right-back and a left-back at Spotify Camp Nou before the transfer window comes to an end.