Flick Crosses Out Casadó and Bardghji from Tournament
Young midfielder Marc Casadó and winger Roony Bardghji have been left off the squad for the friendly matches, a clear sign that Barcelona does not count on them for the upcoming season.
Young midfielder Marc Casadó and winger Roony Bardghji have been left off the squad for the friendly matches, a clear sign that Barcelona does not count on them for the upcoming season.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has made a decision that clearly outlines the club's squad picture ahead of the new season. Marc Casadó and Roony Bardghji, two young players, have been crossed off the list for the friendly tournament where the Catalans will face Nottingham Forest and Udinese. This move has further fueled speculation about their imminent departures from the club.
According to information from Spain reported by Marca, the parting with young midfielder Marc Casadó is already agreed in principle. Barcelona has accepted his departure, and now the finalization of negotiations with Al Hilal is pending. Although specific transfer details have not yet been announced, Flick's decision to leave him out of the tournament confirms that he does not see him in his plans for the upcoming season.
The situation is similar for Roony Bardghji. The young winger is aware that his playing time would be extremely limited, especially after Barcelona brought in high-profile reinforcements on his position this summer. The arrivals of Gordon and Adeyemi have significantly increased competition on the wings, so his absence from the preparatory tournament is a logical sequence of events leading to his exit from the club before the end of the transfer window.
Unlike Casadó and Bardghji, Jesse Bisiwu, the latest signing who joined first-team training this week, will travel with the squad to the tournament. Also on the list of absentees are Jofre Torrents and Ronald Araujo, but for entirely different reasons. Torrents is very close to a move to Ajax, with whom Barcelona has been negotiating for several days, and the deal could be concluded early next week. Araujo, meanwhile, continues his career at Liverpool and is therefore not in contention for the preparatory matches.
Flick's selection of players for the tournament thus sends an unequivocal message about the direction of the club's squad policy. While some are saying goodbye, new players like Bisiwu are getting the chance to prove themselves ahead of the start of the season.
