Three players Barcelona will try to offload in January

The
Barcelona
legend
is
intent
on
rebuilding
his
squad.
But
with
the
Spanish
giants
still
going
through
a
tough
time
financially,
they
need
to
sell
more
first-team
players
first.

The
Barca
management
is
keen
on
stripping
more
deadwood
from
the
squad.
Hence,
if
recent
reports
are
to
be
believed
at
least
three
first-team
players
are
likely
to
be
available
for
transfer
in
January,
in
addition
to
home-grown
players
who
could
be
allowed
to
leave
on
loan
in
search
of
game
time.

These
are
the
three
players
that
Laporta
and
co.
could
offload
in
the
January
transfer
window:

1.
Philippe
Coutinho

After
growing
into
one
of
the
best
midfielders
in
the
world
at
Liverpool,
the
Brazilian
joined
Barcelona
as
their
costliest
signing
in
a
£142million
deal
in
January
2018.
But
he
never
really
got
going
at
Barcelona
and
always
seemed
to
struggle
for
either
form
or
fitness.

After
spending
on
loan
at
Bayern
in
2019-20
he
was
largely
unused
last
season.
Barcelona
tried
to
offload
him
in
the
summer
but
could
not
find
a
suitable
buyer.
But
if
recent
reports
are
to
be
believed,
they
are
now
ready
to
take
a
hit
on
their
costliest
signing
and
let
him
leave
on
a
cut-price
deal
in
January
to
raise
funds.
The
Spanish
side
may
not
avail
anything
close
to
what
they
paid
for
Coutinho,
but
the
saving
of
wages
will
be
vital.

2.
Clement
Lenglet

The
French
international
joined
Barcelona
from
Sevilla
in
July
2018
and
soon
established
himself
as
a
regular
for
the
Blaugrana.
However,
his
stock
has
seen
a
great
slump
after
some
dreadful
performances
in
the
last
two
years.

With
Gerard
Pique,
Eric
Garcia,
Ronald
Araujo,
and
Oscar
Mingueza
all
favoured
ahead
of
him,
it
is
understood
that
the
management
is
now
likely
to
cash
in
on
him
in
January.
Newly
minted
Newcastle
reportedly
have
made
contact
to
try
and
bring
Lenglet
to
St
James’
Park
while
his
former
side
Sevilla
too
have
shown
interest
to
sign
him
in
January.

3.
Riqui
Puig

The
academy
starlet’s
time
at
Barcelona
appears
to
be
close
to
ending.
He
made
swift
progress
in
the
club’s
youth
setup
before
being
handed
his
first-team
debut
in
December
2018
under
the
guidance
of
Ernesto
Valverde.

He
continued
to
be
involved
in
the
first-team
set-up
under
Quique
Setien’s
short
stint
as
well.
However,
the
Spanish
youngster’s
progress
came
to
a
halt
once
Ronald
Koeman
took
charge.
He
featured
sparingly
for
Barcelona
in
the
past
year
and
there
were
strong
rumours
of
him
leaving
the
club
last
summer.

However,
the
player
decided
to
stay
to
put
to
fight
for
his
place.
But
as
per
reports,
Xavi
too
has
not
been
impressed
too
much
by
the
22-year-old
midfielder
and
he
now
could
be
sold
with
several
La
Liga
and
Serie
A
sides
showing
an
interest.