Good morning. We’re back with another live blog, on what promises to be a fascinating transfer deadline day for FC Barcelona. Ansu Fati is expected to complete his loan move to Brighton and Clement Lenglet is expected to end up at Aston Villa, but will Abde also be on his way out? Can Barcelona confirm the signings of Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix before the clock runs out?
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Barcelona Transfer Deadline Day – Live Blog
HERE WE GO. Both Felix and Cancelo will join Barcelona on simple loan deals today.
João Félix and João Cancelo will both join Barcelona. Cancelo deal has also been completed on straight loan from Manchester City. 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 1, 2023
⛔️ NO buy option in both deals due to Financial Fair Play.
Cancelo and Félix, Barça players soon. pic.twitter.com/9ruJHs1zAv
Barcelona defender Eric García joins Girona on loan without an option to buy. Girona will pay a part of Garcia’s salary.
Felix will sign with Barcelona on loan and the Catalan club will not have n option to purchase.
BREAKING: João Félix to Barcelona, here we go! Verbal agreement reached with Atlético on loan deal, NO buy option clause will be included 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 1, 2023
Barça waiting to sign documents then sealed.
July 18, exclusive interview: “I want to join Barça, it’s my dream”. Now reality. pic.twitter.com/9iP5MKb3ej
Grenada wants to sign Marc Casado on loan with an option to purchase
Cancelo and Joao Felix are now both in Barcelona and it’s only a matter of time. Abde is not training with Barcelona as he looks to complete his move to Real Betis but Eric Garcia is training as his move to Girona is uncertain.
Barcelona defender Eric Garcia is getting closer to joining Girona. The player wanted the move to gain extra first-team minutes.
Abde is expected to complete a permanent transfer to Real Betis today with the club paying €10-€12 million and Barca holding 50% of any future transfer. However, Real Betis don’t currently have the FFP margin to make the deal.
– Joao Felix is set to arrive in Barcelona at 5 pm CET in order to complete his move from Athletico Madrid on loan.
La Liga sources have confirmed to Gerard Romero that Barcelona have been given the green light to sign both Cancelo and Felix today.
Manchester City has given the green light for Cancelo to move to Barcelona on loan. The deal is expected to be completed tonight.
Cancelo is due to arrive in Barcelona tonight at 6 pm CST, although there are complications, the deal is moving in the right direction.
Ansu Fati has joined Brighton on a season-long loan deal. A great move for Brighton and for Fati, who will be the main man for the Seagulls.
BREAKING NEWS!
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) September 1, 2023
🤝 Ansu Fati signs for Brighton & Hove Albion on loan
Abde is just one step away from joining Real Betis, it’s getting very close.
Real Betis have offered €10M + Guido Rodríguez to Barça for Abde. It’s unclear how much interest Barca has in Guido.
Bayern Munich are interested in bringing Joao Cancelo back on loan now that Benjamin Pavard has moved to Inter.
The €40 million offer from Saudi Arabia will not be considered as it offers no immediate financial release for Barcelona.
Aston Villa will pay 75% of Clement Lenglet’s salary
Ex-Villarreal B striker Iker Goujon has arrived at the CE Joan Gamper to finalize his transfer to Barça Atlètic.
Clement Lenglet has joined Aston Villa
Clément Lenglet. Villan. 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/JOmV6E2Ofs
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) September 1, 2023
In the last few hours, Barca have received an offer of €40m for Robert Lewandowski from a Saudi club
A mystery Champions League club have made a last-ditch effort to sign Joao Cancelo from under Barcelona’s nose
The agreement between Manchester City and Barcelona for Joao Cancelo is imminent
Abde Ezzazouli wants to leave Barcelona and is pushing for a permanent transfer. Real Betis are hoping to get the deal done
Athletico Madrid is denying the earlier report by Luis Rojo that they’ve reached an agreement with Barcelona over the Joao Felix transfer
There is a growing sense that a deal will be reached between Real Betis and Barcelona on the permanent transfer of Abde today
An agreement has been reached between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid for the loan of Joao Felix.
Athletico Madrid confirms Felix won’t train with the team due to personal reasons
Barcelona have informed Abde that he can only leave on a permanent deal, and they won’t let him leave on loan. Real Betis is interested
– Clement Lenglet has completed his Aston Villa medical. Documents will now be exchanged between Barcelona and Villa.
– Ansu Fati arrived at Brighton’s training ground yesterday. The Seagulls will pay around 80 per cent of his salary – Roberto de Zerbi was crucial for this deal to happen.
Cancelo still does not have clearance to fly to Barcelona with Manchester City needing to give the green light on the deal