Martin Braithwaite’s agent comments on his future: “He will stay at Barcelona”

Barcelona could be on their way to the biggest garage sale in the history of the sport as the need to clear out saleable assets becomes huge. Not only is it imperative to make several sales in an attempt to register Lionel Messi, but also to reduce their wage bill and overall debt.

One of the players considered disposable is Martin Braithwaite. The Dane is coming off an impressive European Championship campaign and has been at the centre of exit talks for a while. However, in quite contrary fashion, his agent Hasan Cetinkaya has denied rumours in conversation with BT.

“Jorge Mendes was going to place Braithwaite at Wolverhampton for €15 million? Everything is sh**, all these stories are false. He does not have players in Barcelona, he has players in Wolves that he can focus on — so I can take care of my own players.”

Cetinkaya continues to speak about Mendes, saying, “Why would Braithwaite move to Wolves and why would an agent (Mendes) who has no players at Barça try to send my player to Wolves? Even though I know Mendes has good links in Wolves? It’s a waste of everyone’s time.”

Finally, he spoke about Braithwaite’s future and whether he is, in fact, moving elsewhere: “He plays in the biggest club in the world and trains under one of the best coaches. From day one until now, everything has gone beyond all expectations in terms of playing time, and he is very happy.”

With this statement, Braithwaite joins the list of players at Barcelona who have been rumoured to leave, but all talks have refused to. The task of selling players this summer could get very ugly for Joan Laporta and co.