Barcelona Open to Offers for Balde, Koundé and Araujo This Summer

Overview

• Multiple reports say Barcelona will listen to bids for Alejandro Balde, Jules Koundé and Ronald Araujo in the upcoming window.
• Barcelona have set a floor of about €50 million for Balde, with talk of Premier League interest but no confirmed offers.
• The club aims to raise funds to pursue Alessandro Bastoni for central defense and Julián Álvarez for the forward line.
• Executives say sales will only happen if the squad improves, as they work back toward La Liga’s 1:1 rule, which lets clubs spend one euro for every euro they bring in.
• This stance follows a season in which Koundé and Balde dipped in form and Araujo was used more as a squad option under Hansi Flick.