Barcelona transfer news: Hansi Flick shows green light to Cancelo, Felix to stay at club but faces THIS issue

It will be a summer of fresh starts for Barcelona as they try to challenge Real Madrid at the peak of their powers with plans already set for the transfer window. While the club is fighting with financial constraints which led to the sacking of head coach Xavi Hernandez after the 2023-24 season, it now plans to revive its fortunes and will look to wrap the transfer business early. Part of that plan includes keeping both Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix at the club who were on-loan at Barcelona.

Hansi Flick gives green light

After Xavi's sacking, the Catalonian giants board wasted no time in appointing Hansi Flick as their new manager. The new manager has given the green light to keep both Cancelo and Fleix at the club while their parent sides are already in negotiation to get rid of them on the wage bill. However, the club will have to tackle Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations of La Liga and UEFA which could make things a little complicated.

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As things stand, Barcelona can’t register their new signing before they sell players or agree to sign them on lower salaries. This means the club will have to sell players or loan them out with their salaries covered by the new club.

Last season Barcelona had to loan out Ansu Fati and sell Ousmane Dembélé to create space for new arrivals. Barcelona did not spend a penny on the big three arrivals of Cancelo, Felix and İlkay Gündoğan with the latter being a free transfer from Manchester City.

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What needs to happen for Cancelo, Felix to stay?

Reports have stated that Barcelona’s current financial situation has seen them unable to register new manager Flick with La Liga. For Cancelo and Felix to stay, the club needs to again sell homegrown players or loan them out to create space on the balance sheet. Selling homegrown players offers the best deal as they would account for zero loss on the balance sheet.

If the wage bill is still not fixed, both Cancelo and Felix might have to take pay-cut which could help the club in registering them. Another option is to ask the parent club like Manchester City in Cancelo’s case to terminate their current contracts and sign them for free while also registering them for lower salaries.