Days have passed and signing is not just an economic or sporting exercise. The calendar also plays an important role because it indicates the patience of the footballers, the clubs who want to keep their players, those who seek to buy their pass and those who, if necessary, will consider or must accept an exit through specific drafting of contracts. On July 27, there are several important dates in the coming weeks regarding two of the signings that FC Barcelona has in its plans.
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July 28th
Tour without favorite news
Hansi Flick’s FC Barcelona will start this Sunday, July 28, the most media phase of its preseason without any extravagant signings, beyond confirming the continuation of Pau Victor, the top scorer of the reserve team last season, by reaching an agreement with Girona for 2.5 million euros. It is about the tour of the United States, which will face three very important rivals such as Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan, three friendly, yes, which does not mean that they are inter-ascendant matches, because between big clubs that is nothing. Wednesday, August 7, is the date of the return of Barça’s expedition to Barcelona. At the moment, Barça have assumed that if they want to sign Williams they will first have to get the player’s agreement, and then cash in the amount of his termination clause; 58 million uros. As for Dani Olmo, who was already offered a 6-year contract, the first attempt did not convince Leipzig: 40 million in installments and 20 in bonuses.
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August 12
Nico, summoned to train today in Bilbao
Athletic, through its most powerful voices, recalled in recent days that Nico Williams is a player for the Bilbao club. They did it, one after the other, the president Jon Uriarte, the coach Ernesto Valderde, the captain Óscar de Marcos, and the international champion of the Euro Cup goalkeeper Unai Simón. While the 22-year-old winger is enjoying his holiday, now in Marbella, with his friend and Barça player Lamine Yamal, he still has 16 days off to recover from a very long season, until Tuesday, August 12, if not There. news, he is set to return to training under Valverde. On the same day, August 12, Barça will play the Joan Gamper Trophy against Monaco. (20 hours, Montjuïc)
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August 15th
League begins for Athletic
Athletic will open the 2024-25 League with more urgency than others, as its first match in the competition is scheduled for Thursday, August 15, in San Mamés against Getafe at 7 pm For that match, as long as Nico Williams follows the current vacation plan and there is no news about his situation, he will only train for two days. It’s hard, if not impossible, to imagine him playing.
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August 17th
Barça debuted in the league tournament
FC Barcelona will open the 2024-25 League two days later than Athletic, on Saturday, August 17 at the Mestalla against Valencia CF (9:30 pm), Barça will return from its tour of the United States 10 days before, with Gamper is the only preparation match before starting the League.
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August 17th
Leipzig starts in the Pokal
Leipzig itself, the club with which Dani Olmo has a contract until 2027, is still not clear if it will have the leading scorer of the Euro Cup, for whom, in addition to FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City are interested . The German club’s first official match is scheduled for Saturday, August 17 with the first round of the DFB Cup against Rot-Weiss Essen. The Bundesliga starts a week later for Leipzig: it’s at their stadium against Bochum on Saturday, August 24 (3:30 pm). Leipzig coach Marco Rose, the last time he was asked about possible departures like Olmo’s, said that “he is calm, because we have a good team and we will have a good team again.”
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August 18th
PSG will start in Ligue 1
Luis Enrique Martínez’s PSG will begin the defense of its French League title on the weekend of August 17-18, visiting the Le Havre stadium. As already reported by MD, the Parisian club is looking to fill the void left by Kylian Mbappé upon his departure from Real Madrid after his contract expired by including luxury signings, such as Joao Neves (Benfica) or Nico Williams (Athletic). On the other hand, the Bilbao club is ready to double Barça’s best financial offer to the player and pay Athletic a greater amount than stipulated in his exit clause.
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August 24
A Barça-Athletic with suspense
The vagaries of the LaLIga 2024-25 draw mean that FC Barcelona and Athletic de Bilbao will face each other before the official close of the summer market, on Saturday, August 24 at the Estadi de Montjuïc (7 pm). In other words, technically, there will still be the possibility of important shirt changes on those days, although every time the leaves of the calendar fall, it will be more complicated to imagine, in some cases, that situation . For example, talking about Nico Williams. By then, he should be red and white, Barcelona or whatever.
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August 30th
Official closing of the LaLiga market
The summer transfer market in LaLiga officially started on July 1 and, as of today, as confirmed by MD from LaLiga sources, it is set to close on Friday, August 30, 2024, both inclusive. Some information is speculation that there is a possible postponement to September 1, Monday, but it is known that the buying and selling blind will be lowered on Friday, August 30. Of course, the long-term absence of Ronald Araujo, if it exceeds 4 months after operation on the hamstring tendon to which the Barça defender underwent, opens the door for Barça to rely on Article 77 of the Regulations for the Preparation of budgets , using 80% of the record value of the injured player.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
