{"id":12171,"date":"2022-03-15T09:08:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/15\/barcelona-complete-first-summer-signing-as-ac-milan-star-set-to-join\/"},"modified":"2022-03-15T09:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:08:06","slug":"barcelona-complete-first-summer-signing-as-ac-milan-star-set-to-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/15\/barcelona-complete-first-summer-signing-as-ac-milan-star-set-to-join\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona complete first summer signing as AC Milan star set to join"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Barcelona are set to complete their first summer deal in the form of adding Franck Kessie to their ranks as a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivorian, currently plying his trade for AC Milan, is out of contract in June and is not expected to renew his deal at San Siro.<\/p>\n<p>And, while Tottenham Hotspur were thought to be interested in bringing the midfield dynamo to north London, Barcelona have seemingly long been the favoured destination by the 25 year old.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as per the generally reliable Spanish journalist Gerard Romero, a deal has been struck to bring Kessie to the Nou Camp in the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Barcelona have reached an agreement to sign Franck Kessi\u00e9 on a free transfer from Milan this summer, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gerardromero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gerardromero<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g6VoC0L3OU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/g6VoC0L3OU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1503676165248147457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He will soon be followed, if reports are to be believed, by Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen, while Nasser Mazrouai and Cesar Azpilicueta could also join the club as free agents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andreas Christensen has made his choice and he will play for Barcelona, there\u2019s no doubt. Contract until June 2027. Matter of time. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting ongoing to complete the verbal agreement on final details between player side and Bar\u00e7a. Here we go soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iP3xRwSdof\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iP3xRwSdof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1501182683665387521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona\u2019s rebuild nearly complete<\/h2>\n<p>From a club in crisis just 12 months ago, it has been quite a turnaround for Barcelona. Still incredibly financially hamstrung by their wage restraints (that they are currently 144 million euros over), they have nonetheless completely rebuilt their side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? The wage caps after the winter transfer window have been revealed\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And Barcelona now have MINUS 144 million euros ??<\/p>\n<p>That means that, after making 4 signings in January, they are wildly exceeding their wage cap\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LLL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LLL<\/a><br \/>\n???\u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/roNMMbwh0G\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/roNMMbwh0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 La Liga Lowdown ???\u26bd\ufe0f (@LaLigaLowdown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaLigaLowdown\/status\/1503313021141143553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Three free agent additions last summer, plus adding Aubameyang and Ferran Torres in January, has stood them in good stead going forwards, while a further 4 in the summer would further strengthen the side as they look to complete their turnaround under Xavi.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/europa-conference-league-betting-tips\/fc-kobenhavn-vs-psv-eindhoven-betting-tips-uefa-europa-conference-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">K\u00f8benhavn vs PSV Eindhoven betting tips: Europa Conference League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/europa-conference-league-betting-tips\/fc-basel-vs-olympique-de-marseille-betting-tips-uefa-europa-conference-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Basel vs Olympique Marseille betting tips: Europa Conference League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona are set to complete their first summer deal in the form of adding Franck Kessie to their ranks as a free agent. The Ivorian, currently plying his trade for AC Milan, is out of contract in June and is not expected to renew his deal at San Siro. And, while Tottenham Hotspur were thought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}