{"id":28523,"date":"2026-05-23T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/28523\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T17:51:09","slug":"barcelona-to-miss-out-on-revenue-as-former-star-looks-to-run-down-contract-at-la-liga-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/28523\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona to miss out on revenue as former star looks to run down contract at La Liga club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a summer where Barcelona are expected to make some big signings, the club will be keen on earning revenue from each and every possible source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the club are majorly relying on the sale of a few first-team stars to generate revenue, Bar\u00e7a also hold a series of clauses for their former players, such as Oscar Mingueza, with the club owning 50% of the player\u2019s transfer rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as we approach the end of the season, it appears Barcelona could face a major setback as Mingueza may leave his current club as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>No renewal at Celta Vigo<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wolverhampton-wanderers-v-celta-vigo-pre-season-friendly-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Mingueza, Celta Vigo player\" class=\"wp-image-181221\"  \/>Mingueza may become a free agent this summer. (Photo by Jack Thomas\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/barca-resigna-mingueza-celta-renovacion-juventus-130560170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SPORT<\/a>, Mingueza has not responded to Celta Vigo\u2019s renewal offer ahead of the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his contract expiring at the end of next month, the clock is ticking, and Barcelona are becoming increasingly resigned to missing out on any financial benefit from his departure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This could be a major blow for Bar\u00e7a, as Juventus were linked with an offer of around \u20ac15 million for the defender last season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half of that sum would have gone directly to Barcelona <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-lose-two-multi-million-levers-as-former-duo-set-for-free-transfer-exits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">under the terms of the agreement<\/a> with Celta. With Mingueza seemingly heading for a free transfer, that money will not be coming.<\/p>\n<p>Celta manager not giving up hope<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/real-club-celta-v-paok-fc-uefa-europa-league-2025-26-league-phase-md2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Oscar Mingueza, Celta Vigo player\" class=\"wp-image-181220\"  \/>Celta Vigo remain hopeful about a late renewal. (Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Celta Vigo manager Claudio Giraldez addressed the situation at his press conference and refused to write off the possibility of a renewal entirely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo, he hasn\u2019t said goodbye to us at all. I can\u2019t say whether I\u2019m optimistic or not; we\u2019ll see what happens. I know they\u2019ve been talking all year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giraldez made clear he would welcome Mingueza staying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cThe sooner this saga is over, the better for everyone. If he stays here, I\u2019d be delighted, and if not, I wish him all the best because he\u2019s an exceptional person and a great footballer,\u201d he concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a summer where Barcelona are expected to make some big signings, the club will be keen on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,829,223,14491],"class_list":["post-28523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-celta-vigo","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-oscar-mingueza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}