Barcelona confirm defender’s €10m move to the Premier League

Originally posted on Football Espana | By John Menzies | Last updated Aug 13, 2024 11:25 AM ET

Barcelona must start moving players on if they are to have all of their first team players registered by the end of the summer transfer window – and even more pressingly, by the start of their La Liga season on Saturday. They’ve started to make progress on this matter, having closed the sale of Julian Araujo.

A deal was agreed last week between Barcelona and Bournemouth for Araujo, who was not in Hansi Flick’s plans for the 2024-25 campaign. The fixed fee is 10m, with no add-ons, sell-on or buy-back clauses, as was confirmed over the weekend.

Barcelona have now announced that Araujo has left the club to continue his career in the Premier League.

Official: FC Barcelona and AFC Bournemouth have reached an agreement for the transfer of Julián Araujo for 10 million euros. @FCBarcelona

— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 13, 2024

It did make some sense for Barcelona to make Araujo on, given that they already have Jules Kounde, Hector Fort and Alex Valle as right-back options. However, they could line to regret not having a sell-on or buy-back clause in the deal with Bournemouth.

This article first appeared on Football Espana and was syndicated with permission.

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