FC Barcelona executives have their hands full in this summer transfer window, as they are planning to complete a number of transfer operations. The primary objective of the club in this window is to strengthen the squad for the 2023-24 season, but there is also a lot of emphasis on the long-term future of the club.
The club already has successfully completed a number of operations in this window, with the most prominent being the arrival of Ilkay Gundogan, potentially for up to three years. Similarly, Inigo Martinez, has also successfully undergone his medical with the club. Other players like Oriol Romeu and Ivan Fresneda are also closely linked with the club.
In addition to these players, there are also two players Barcelona are close to signing who are clearly projects for the future, as the club aims to get rising talents when they are still cheap owing to their financial conditions as per a recent report from SPORT. These players are Vitor Roque and Arda Guler.
The club already has an agreement in principle for Roque, who will cost the club €35 million and €10 million in variables. The Catalans have scheduled his arrival for the 2024-25 season, but him coming to the club in the winter of the upcoming season has also not been ruled out, and the wage structure and FFP rules will determine when the player joins the club.
There is a similar case with the Turkish prodigy Arda Guler. The club will pay his release clause, €17.5 million, and are in the pole position to sign the midfielder who is also been linked with other major sides in Europe. The player and his entourage returned positive signals when Deco undertook a visit to Istanbul to meet with them, and everything seems to be on track.
With Vitor Roque, the Blaugranes are intending to make the first payment for the player this week and plan his arrival for the next season, which will allow the player some continuity in his current environment, and get to Barcelona with more maturity and experience. Such a setup will also be helpful for the club as Barcelona are hoping to be more financially stable by that time.
