The presentation of Franck Kessie as a new Barça player also saw other names come to the fore. Barca midfielder Gavi was a topic of conversation due to his pending contract renewal. On this very subject, Alemany was clear: “There is an outline of an agreement.
“We are highly committed to sorting out this situation. He is 17 years of age and we are waiting until he turns 18 on 5 August so he can sign a contract longer than three years. We have small details to close out but we will get it resolved. 100% Gavi will continue at Barca.”
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Ousmane Dembélé
On Frenchman Dembéle, the Club’s president Joan Laporta commented that ‘there is no date set’. He continued: “We are in an uncertain situation. Right now we cannot sign players because we still have to resolve the financial fair play issues. We are talking to players that interest us so they can wait. Ousmane now is not a Barca player but we have made him an offer for sporting reasons He has not managed to accept our proposal but he wants to continue talking. For us, for the moment, we will continue talking.”
“The wage balance is necessary for the team to be competitive and all the negotiations come in this context. We are not in a hurry, even though we are aware we cannot wait too long. Players we have verbal agreements with understand the situation. Nobody can expect us not to act with maximum caution.”
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Frenkie de Jong
Another name that came up was that of Frenkie de Jong. President Laporta also commented on the Dutch midfielder: “He is a Barca player and we, if we do not need to, will not sell him because we do not want to sell him. We know that he has offers but at the moment we are not considering them.”