Barcelona ‘Looking to Offload Lenglet, Dest And Umtiti THIS WEEK’

Barcelona will reportedly allow defenders Clement Lenglet, Sergio Dest, and Samuel Umtiti to depart the club should the right fees come in.

The Catalan giants find themselves in financial turmoil, leaving them in need of offloading players, and fast

And defenders Lenglet, Dest, and Umtiti could be sold as early as this week should suitable bids be put on the table, according to Spanish outlet Sport.

The report claims that Premier League enemies Arsenal and Tottenham are interested in Lenglet with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich and Serie A champions Inter Milan monitoring Dest.

France international Umtiti has been linked with a move back to Lyon – the club he left to join Barcelona five years ago.

Barcelona desperately need to improve their financial situation after accumulating more than £1billion in debt amid the Covid pandemic.

They are unable to register any of their new signings, including Sergio Aguero, Memphis Depay, and Eric Garcia because they have exceeded LaLiga’s strict salary limit by 40 percent.

The cash-strapped club could enhance its finances by selling stars and shifting players on big salaries.

Barcelona is still yet to tie down star man Lionel Messi to a new contract following the expiration of his deal at the end of June.

Swingeing cuts are needed to rescue Barcelona after the club exceeded the salary cap imposed on them by LaLiga.

First-team stars will be offloaded and salaries will be slashed to try to fix the problem.