{"id":77742,"date":"2026-08-29T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/77742\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:36:09","slug":"barcelona-sanction-players-exit-as-new-club-move-goes-through-with-catalan-giants-retaining-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/77742\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona sanction player\u2019s exit as new club move goes through with Catalan giants retaining rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have officially confirmed Hector Fort\u2019s departure from the club, with the young defender completing a move to Real Sociedad.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan club will receive \u20ac8.5 million for 50% of Fort\u2019s rights while retaining a buy-back option and a percentage of any future transfer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2291209280-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"FC Barcelona\u00a0v Al Ahly SC-  Joan Gamper Trophy\" \/>Photo by Ion Alcoba Beitia\/Getty ImagesBarcelona confirm Hector Fort departure<\/p>\n<p>Fort\u2019s move to Real Sociedad comes after Barcelona and the Basque club reached an agreement over the defender.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona will continue to hold an interest in the player despite his departure, with the deal including provisions that could allow the Catalan giants to bring him back.<\/p>\n<p>The club can exercise a buy-back option for \u20ac20 million until 2028, with that figure increasing to \u20ac25 million until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona will also retain a percentage of any future sale involving Fort.<\/p>\n<p>Fort\u2019s departure brings an end to a 13-year spell with Barcelona after he joined the club\u2019s academy as a young player.<\/p>\n<p>The defender spent last season on loan at Elche, where his performances on the right flank attracted attention.<\/p>\n<p>However, a serious shoulder injury interrupted his progress after he scored his first league goal for Elche. Fort underwent surgery before returning towards the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his return, Fort was unable to establish a place in Hansi Flick\u2019s first-team plans after pre-season.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona had several options at right-back, with Eric Garcia, Jules Kounde and Xavi Espart ahead of Fort.<\/p>\n<p>Real Sociedad eventually secured his signature after competing with several clubs for the defender.<\/p>\n<p>Fort has now completed his move to San Sebastian, where he will look to begin the next chapter of his career while Barcelona retain a significant interest in his future.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Barcelona have officially confirmed Hector Fort\u2019s departure from the club, with the young&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,1315,871,927,930,4009,548,1143,29319,7887],"class_list":["post-77742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-fc","tag-elche","tag-eric-garcia","tag-hansi-flick","tag-hector-fort","tag-jules-kounde","tag-real-sociedad","tag-real-sociedad-fc","tag-xavi-espart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77742","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=77742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}