Gavi spoke up when Real Madrid continuously activated expensive blockbusters in recent transfer periods.
“Barca is struggling economically at the moment, but we still have a lot of young players from the academy. Barca’s main squad right now is also very good,” Gavi told Sport .
Although the situation has improved, financial problems have not yet allowed the defending champion La Liga to recruit rookies in the summer of 2023. Even “Blaugrana” has difficulty even in recruiting players in a free form. .
Negotiations with Lionel Messi failed, because Barca could not create enough space in the salary fund to sign the Argentine superstar. In addition, negotiations with Ilkay Gundogan (Man City), Inigo Martinez (Bilbao), … have not yet yielded results.
While Real have to spend hundreds of millions of euros to strengthen the midfield (Bellingham – 103 million euros, Aurelien Tchouameni – 80 million euros, Eduardo Camavinga – 31 million euros), Barca is fortunate to own two young stars coming up from the team. academy, Pedri and Gavi. This duo possesses the qualities to become world-class stars, just like what Xavi, Iniesta have done in the past.