Official: Barcelona confirm the loan departure of Inaki Pena to Galatasaray

Barcelona are in the last stages of the deadline day and have confirmed their fourth departure of the winter transfer window after the loans of Alex Collado and Philippe Coutinho and the loan termination of Yusuf Demir.

Inaki Pena has joined Galatasary on a six-month loan, without an option to purchase him permanently. The Turkish giants will pay the goalkeeper’s salary in full.

LATEST NEWS | FC Barcelona and @Galatasaray have reached an agreement for the loan of goalkeeper @inakipenya until the end of this season.

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 31, 2022

While this move does open up space for the entry of the highly-rated Arnau Tenas as the third-choice keeper of the senior team, it barely causes a dent in the wage bill as Inaki was still with Barcelona B, and thus, on youth-team wages.

Inaki has been with the B team since 2018, and has been alternating with them and the senior squad since then. He has not, however, received the chance to make his official debut for the club.

This transfer comes on the back of Barcelona, rejecting Neto the chance to leave the club in the winter transfer window due to Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s recurrent knee injuries.