Barca free up Franck Kessie to make move away

Franck Kessie did not train with the rest of his teammates this Sunday afternoon at the Ciutat Esportiva. The club has explained that the player has been given permission to finalise his future as a new Al Alhy player. In fact, he passed the medical in Paris and everything suggests that the official signing will take place in the next few hours.

The Ivorian, after landing with the rest of the expedition from the tour of the United States, where he began to manage his arrival in the Saudi Arabian league, focused his activity on closing all the pending details to be able to change club. Barça were very interested in arranging a transfer for a player who arrived last season without a transfer from Milan and who, therefore, will generate significant benefits, also in terms of Financial Fair Play, as well as freeing up wage bill space.

Xavi told him at the time that this season he would play a much less important role than the previous one, in which, despite not being a regular starter, he did play a vital role in winning the league title. Especially with the goal that confirmed the comeback against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou and which ended up being decisive in winning the trophy.

Barça, in this way, will earn fifteen million euros for the Ivorian, who will no longer be part of the Blaugrana dynamic, of which he will have been a part for only one season. He leaves with two titles to his name: La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup.