Barcelona have announced the departure of right-back Hector Fort on a loan deal for the coming season, joining Elche in La Liga. The side from Alicante have no option to buy the 19-year-old.
Barcelona are looking to finalise exits for multiple players before the summer transfer window closes on Monday. Oriol Romeu is poised to depart after reaching an agreement to terminate his contract, Fermin Lopez could join Chelsea if he pushes to leave, while Hector Fort is a certainty to leave.
Barcelona have reached an agreement for the exit of Oriol Romeu. The Catalan midfielder has a year left on his deal, but is not in Hansi Flick’s for the season.
Barcelona will be busy during the final days of the summer transfer window, which closes for business on Monday evening. Exits are needed to ensure that all of Hansi Flick’s first team squad is registered with La Liga, and there are several candidates that have been identified to leave.
Barcelona are seeking to tie up several exits before the end of the transfer window in order to ease their registration issues this summer, with Gerard Martin, Roony Bardghji and Wojciech Szczesny all unavailable currently.
Barcelona enjoyed a comfortable start to their La Liga campaign, which featured star signing Joan Garcia in goal, and a cameo appearance from forward Marcus Rashford.
Barcelona have more or less settled on their squad for the 2025-26 season by the looks of things, and there are several players that are likely to exit before the end of the transfer window.
Barcelona are expected to finalise further exits between now and the end of the summer transfer window in September, and one player that will be leaving Hansi Flick’s squad in the near future is Hector Fort.
Barcelona are almost certain not to sign anymore players this summer and exits are the primary focus for the rest of the transfer window. Oriol Romeu and Hector Fort are both expected to leave, but in the latter’s case, Barcelona are struggling to find an acceptable buyer.
Barcelona look all set for a collision course with Marc-Andre ter Stegen as part of a bizarre row over his injury recovery. The last few weeks have been dominated by Ter Stegen’s ongoing stand off with the club following his back operation last month.
Barcelona are unlikely to sign any more players this summer, meaning that exits are their primary focus for the remainder of the transfer window. The likes of Oriol Romeu and Hector Fort are expected to leave, but in the latter’s case, his departure will not be the way that it was initially thought.
Barcelona were on song again in their third preseason friendly of their tour of Asia, beating Daegu FC 5-0 in South Korea before they return back to Catalonia.
Barcelona need to continue raising funds in order to be able to register new signing Joan Garcia and Marcus Rashford. The likes of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and Andreas Christensen have been seen as significant departures, but with neither player set to leave, minor deals are now being explored.
As well as a new left winger, Barcelona want to sign at least one defender during the remaining weeks of the summer transfer window. And a leading target for this area has emerged in recent days: Denzel Dumfries.
Barcelona will listen to offers for most of their squad this summer, save for the select few that are guaranteed starters. Director of Football Deco has reportedly set out the standard that only Lamine Yamal is essential to their plans, and one of the players that is attracting interest from abroad is left-back Gerard Martin.
Barcelona had a relatively injury-free season as far as it goes for a top team competing on multiple fronts, but at the back end of it, have seen their players undergo two surprise operations.
Barcelona seemed to have a relatively simple plan for the summer transfer window, but with Hansi Flick and Director of Football Deco set to meet to discuss their ideas this week, they could be about to change.