Overview
- The club announced on Wednesday that Pascual will make his release clause effective and depart at the end of the current campaign.
- Pascual told reporters he felt a strong professional mismatch with the club’s way of working and said severe personal wear and burnout were decisive in his choice.
- Media reports say the clause is in the low hundreds of thousands of euros and that Pascual has accepted a Dubai offer widely reported at roughly €3 million per season.
- Barcelona is already reshuffling its basketball leadership with general manager Juan Carlos Navarro expected to leave or be reassigned and Xevi Pujol reported as the frontrunner to replace him.
- The club and Pascual say they remain focused on winning the Liga ACB, while Barcelona prepares to evaluate coaching candidates such as Ibon Navarro, Vassilis Spanoulis and Zeljko Obradovic and to increase the section’s budget next season.