{"id":64069,"date":"2026-08-01T01:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64069\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:24:54","slug":"barcelona-unlikely-to-receive-windfall-as-former-wingers-departure-talks-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64069\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona unlikely to receive windfall as former winger&#8217;s departure talks stall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona do not have too many former academy assets from whose transfers they can expect windfalls, but one player they do have in their grip in such a capacity is Ez Abde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talented winger has made it big since leaving Catalonia and has turned up the heat with Real Betis so far. His performances, needless to say, have attracted interest from several top clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona reserve 20% of any future sale of the player, and given that his release clause stands at \u20ac60 million, that could well translate to a sum of close to \u20ac12 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been linked to top clubs <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-could-be-poised-for-economic-boost-as-roma-join-race-to-sign-former-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">including Roma<\/a>, but matters have again headed into a deadlock in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>No move this summer<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Abde\u2019s agent Alejandro Camano spoke to 365scores (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/laliga\/puerta-cerrada-abde-queda-espana-132984432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SPORT<\/a>) where he was asked about the winger\u2019s future and whether there could be a big-money move involved to a club overseas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rcd-mallorca-v-real-betis-balompie-laliga-ea-sports-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Abde Ezzalzouli of Real Betis\" class=\"wp-image-196013\"  \/>Abde will stay in Spain . (Photo by Rafa Babot\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His agent, however, confirmed that the player is not considering an exit as matters stand and denied all links with Roma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbde stays in Spain, there has never been anything with Roma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Needless to say, this comes as a blow for Barcelona who would have hoped to net some profit from the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Happy in Sevilla<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also makes clear that Abde is very happy at Real Betis and that it would take a lot of financial resources to lure him out of his current club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fbl-eur-c3-aris-limassol-real-betis-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131111\"  \/>Barcelona are entitled to a healthy portion of any future transfer fee. (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For starters, Los Verdiblancos demand a sum of \u20ac50 million as the baseline for Abde which is not far below his release clause of \u20ac60 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The player, however, has even steeper financial demands and is clear that only an irrefutable offer can make him accept a move. To set a benchmark, he demands that his current salary be doubled at his new club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roma\u2019s decision to back out of the race is thus understandable, and it is also highly unlikely that any club will meet the aforementioned conditions this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The player will thus stay in Seville and look to help the team as they return to the UEFA Champions League next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona do not have too many former academy assets from whose transfers they can expect windfalls, but one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,4710,1139,3189],"class_list":["post-64069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-ez-abde","tag-real-betis","tag-roma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64069","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=64069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}