Barcelona left angry after Dro Fernández rejects contract and agrees €8m PSG move | Transfer window

Barcelona have confirmed the departure of proficient younger midfielder Dro Fernández to Paris Saint-Germain with the membership president, Joan Laporta, describing the scenario round his transfer as “disagreeable”.

Dro, who joined the membership at 14, made his first-team debut in September, and turned 18 on 12 January, arrived within the French capital on Sunday night time for a medical. Thought-about one of many excellent gamers of his technology, his representatives had appeared to agree a brand new contract with Barcelona, as a result of be signed after his birthday, however he knowledgeable the pinnacle coach, Hansi Flick, of his determination to depart the identical week.

Though he has a €6m (£5.2m) buyout clause, PSG are understood to have agreed a price over €8m (£6.9m) as a gesture of goodwill on the finish of a course of that has angered Barcelona. When the topic was raised with Flick through the pre-match press convention earlier than Barcelona performed Actual Sociedad every week in the past, he first refused to speak about it till the deal was formally carried out. However, having simply been knowledgeable of the participant’s determination, he ended up permitting his frustration to indicate.

“I put loads of effort within the younger gamers and serving to them enhance however there are lots of people round them,” Flick stated. “There are footballers who’re 17 or 18 however who’ve individuals who make selections. I don’t wish to say extra.”

Flick had promoted Dro to the primary group squad and handed him his debut at 17 however alternatives had been few. He departs having performed simply 148 minutes throughout 5 video games. Beneath Luis Enrique, whose 4-3-3 formation theoretically fits Dro greater than Flick’s 4-2-3-1, there are hopes that he’ll get extra minutes at PSG.

“It’s an disagreeable scenario,” Laporta instructed Catalan radio. “We had agreed a brand new scenario with Dro for when he turned 18 and surprisingly his agent knowledgeable us that he couldn’t fulfil what had been agreed.”