Barcelona have still not recovered from the loss of Marc Guieu to Chelsea in July 2024.
Thursday edition of game It covers the striker's move to Stamford Bridge and its impact on Barcelona.
The striker is a product of Barcelona's academy, regarded as one of La Masia's brightest prospects. It was expected that he would become a regular member of the first team at the Camp Nou.
This did not happen as Chelsea snapped him up and he played seven matches for Barcelona's first team before joining them. He has yet to appear regularly for the Blues and Sport Witness Catalan claims covered Criticized his decision to join Chelsea.
Chelsea surprised Barcelona
The 20-year-old sports agent claims, 'Suddenly, unexpectedly and without warning'had informed Barça of his transfer to join Chelsea.
The La Liga winners could not block the move as the Club World Cup winners triggered their €6m clause. From Hansi Flick, this was a 'Big shock. Especially considering how unexpected the news was.
Barcelona had a long-term plan for the Spain U21 international, but were dealt a blow when Chelsea invoked their affordability clause. The newspaper says: 'Guiu's painful departure proved to be a turning point for the Barca offices.'
Barcelona's action after Guiu's move to Chelsea
The Blaugrana decided to take action after seeing Guieu leave for the Premier League side.
Spain's giants to avoid being helpless in the future 'A new system of sections was implemented' To prevent the unexpected departure of La Masia's rising stars.
Game Status: 'This new measure, supported by Aleksenko, Dayco and others, is maintained with all contract extensions signed from June/July 2024. Thus, all players born in 2008 who did not have their contracts renewed for the youth academy at that time signed with these new clauses in their agreements.'
According to this system, all young players will start with a €6m base clause and this will increase further if certain set objectives are met.
Dro Fernández did not have this clause and therefore, Barça could not prevent him from moving to Paris Saint-Germain in January.
To summarize, Barcelona has taken measures to avoid losing young talents after Chelsea snatched Guieu.
