Barcelona’s stra_tegy towards Sergi Roberto changes 180 degrees

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Sergi Roberto may suf_fer a shift in his status at FC Barcelona. Although from the start he was one of the players the club chose to put on the market, considering he is one of those highly paid and only one year left on his contract, it now appears that the club can change its strategy with him.

 

As reported last night by the “Onzi” program, Barcelona offered Sergi Roberto to renew his contract for two more seasons until June 2024, and in this way also to be able to redistribute his salary, something that would help balance the maximum salary that it imposed. La Liga and for the club to be able to achieve “Financial Fair Play”.

 

The midfielder was one of the footballers put on the market by the new Juan Laporta board of directors to reduce dressing room salaries and ease the difficult economic situation stifling the Blaugrana entity. And so the player, who from the first moment was reluctant to leave the Camp Nou, was told.

 

After the first days of the market, Barcelona and Sergi Roberto are considering a new scenario that would allow the La Masia graduate to continue cutting the team’s salaries at the same time. The midfielder will extend his contract for two seasons, distributing his current salary until 2024.

 

The high salary of the dressing room is one of the obstacles that Laporta must overcome not only to balance the club’s budgets, but also to achieve Leo Messi’s continuity, waiting, among other things, for LaLiga to give the green light to the new contract.

 

At the start of the talks between Barcelona and Sergi Roberto, the club proposed to extend the contractual relationship by one year only, a formula that did not convince the 29-year-old. With the addition of another year, the midfielder could end up accepting the Blaugrana proposal and the agreement could be announced in the coming days.