Barcelona intensifies sale of players in response to club demands.


FC Barcelona's Sporting Director, Txiki Begiristain has spoken on three of the players who will likely leave FC Barcelona next after the exit of Ludovic Giuly. Pinpointing on Ezquerro, Thiago Motta and Maxi lopez who was loaned to Real Mallorca, Txiki starts with information on Ezquerro:

Athletic Club Bilbao has indictaed interest in getting back Ezquerro. The player has some value and we will be working with them.

On Thiago Motta, Txiki says:

He is the player that will receive plenty of offers. The question is whether we accept one and move forward with it. If Motta does what Giuly did and listens to all offers with due consideration for the most interesting ones, then he could move to an big club. I am really impressed by the attitude Giuly displayed in the whole process of his transfer negotiations.

On Maxi López Txiki worries that:

Clubs have called to ask about his situation, but there have been no specific offers.

Eidur Gudjohnsen is courting a lot of interests from English premiership side, Newcastle United and the Magpies were also negotiating on Edmilson before the Brazilian was operated upon , which may slow down his transfer, though Newcastle still show interest.

All the players listed for transfer will however continue training with Barcelona and join in the pre-season build-up matches even as negotiations for them continue.