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Barcelona with a well-rounded lineup, should they sell Fermin and Casardo?

12:13am, 7 August 2025Football

This summer, Barcelona continues to walk on the ascending channel. The warm-up match welcomed three consecutive victories, strengthening Rashford and Baldeggi on the front line, replacing Victor and Fati who had little effect last season, and taking the team to a higher level.

Midfield position, with Garvey scoring 3 goals in 2 games and declaring that he has truly gotten out of the impact of serious injury, and the 17-year-old young player Dross emerged, more and more good players can be used by Barcelona.

Many media reported that Barcelona's summer recruitment work has ended, and the next focus is on selling people and streamlining the lineup. In particular, Deco made a public statement that Barcelona's lineup thickness this season has greatly improved compared to last season. At present, there are at least 2 players available for use in each position, which also makes some positions more likely to be redundant and sold.

The most likely players to leave Barcelona in the summer window are Fermin, Cassado and Christensen. The common point of the three of them is that they have zero book cost, and every minute of the transfer fee will become a net profit.

There are many competitors in the same position at the same time. They are not the main players, and even the picks in the new season will further decline.

Last season, Cassado once firmly occupied Barcelona's midfielder start, but with De Jong's return and Bonnal's injury recovery, Cassado's become less important.

His biggest advantage is that he has good passing and good fighting spirit. However, it should be noted that Casado is small and when he fights desperately, it will naturally bring some help to Barcelona, but there is also a great risk of injury.

The injury to the lateral collateral ligament of the right knee in the later part of last season was not accidental. Fortunately, it did not cause an irreversible impact. But with his style of playing, it is unlikely to avoid being injured again in the future. If he can be sold at a relatively premium price, it will be good news for Barcelona.

Fermin is stronger than Cassado, but he is similar to Cassado. He is not in good condition, but he plays very hard in the game. This style is not suitable for long-term sustainability.

Considering the good form Garvey showed in the summer warm-up match, his appearance pick will be further improved, and the emergence of young player Dros, all of which squeeze Ferming's appearance space.

After all, as long as Olmo is healthy enough, Fermin is not Barcelona's first choice. Even if Olmo is injured, there is a possibility that Rafinia will retreat, allowing Rashford to hit the left. If you can get a generous enough offer, I believe Barcelona will be willing to send this young man away with fighting spirit. The key is that Barcelona has an economic crisis and the team needs additional capital inflows to fill the loopholes. Regardless of whether Garcia can register through Ter Stegen's injury special case (the latest news is that the VIP stands are confirmed for sale and can be used to register Garcia), there are also the registration issues of Rashford.

Selling marginal players to get funds is the ideal choice for Barcelona. Compared to selling Fermin and Cassado, who are very motivated by their own youth training, Barcelona would rather sell Christensen, who is highly paid. After all, when he was exempted from signing this Danish international, his transfer fee income would also be Barcelona's net profit, and he also saved tens of millions of annual salary expenses.

However, several players in Barcelona's central defender are not reliable, and Christensen's performance is not worse than any one. It’s just that he has too many injuries and his playing time is unstable. In addition, the contract has expired in one year and is nearly 30 years old. It is difficult for Barcelona to give a contract renewal offer that satisfies all parties. Taking action now may be the best economic result.

Although Barcelona is expected to return to Camp Nou in August, even if the first phase only opens 27,000 seats, it is an excellent improvement to the team's morale and the enthusiasm of the fans. Barcelona this season, because Real Madrid played in the Club World Cup, it will affect the start of the league, and the prospects for La Liga are still optimistic. Whether you can go further in the Champions League has also become the biggest highlight of the new season.

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