Franck Kessie will transfer from Milan to Barcelona in the summer as a free agent.
It is widely accepted that a deal to take the Ivory Coast international from San Siro to Camp Nou has been struck, with the 25-year-old expected to become the successor to Sergio Busquets in the heart of the Barca midfield.
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Kessie has spent the duration of his professional career in Italy, turning out initially for Atalanta before moving to Milan in 2019.
His signing for Barcelona is seen as a major coup for the Spanish outfit, who have been gaining momentum on the field under Xavi in recent weeks and already appear to be increasing in power before the 2022/23 campaign.
Kessie’s Barcelona salary
One of the attractions of Kessie is that he is a free agent, meaning that there is no significant transfer fee for Barcelona to shell out on.
In such cases, this often means that the player receives a large signing on bonus. Erling Haaland, for example, is set to receive a huge one-off payment when he leaves Borussia Dortmund in the summer in a cut-price deal that will be triggered by a release clause.
According to Sport, though, Kessie will not take a signing bonus from Barcelona. Instead, this is set to be built into his wage.
This is another example of the clever accountancy that Barca are using to get through this delicate financial period. Although they may end up paying the midfielder the same total financial package overall, by breaking it down over multiple years, it reduces the immediate effect and allows them greater flexibility to strengthen their squad elsewhere.
It is reported that Kessie will draw a wage of €6.5 million net per year, which is a figure inflated by his lack of signing bonus.
Barcelona, meanwhile, are still pursuing other free agents, such as Cesar Azpilicueta of Chelsea and Noussair Mazraoui of Ajax.
Cescdkmpsu
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if we get rid of kessie for renato sanches is an w/w situation 😍
Seaninho_94
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bye kessie thanks for your services. Milan is greater than any individual. we are Milan
lol..don't be sad, life continues
Aditya_Sahu
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how can gavi take his place?? his class is too good he might get paid highly but he delivers it is justified when u see the fact that he was our best player after messi last season
gavi is Spanish and barca prioritise playing Spanish players
vuaipuy
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he is highest paid mf in barca but he won't get enough chance when gavi will become 90 min player so barca will eventually get rid of him....
how can gavi take his place?? his class is too good he might get paid highly but he delivers it is justified when u see the fact that he was our best player after messi last season
Terryrich
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welcome To Barca
cimlprtyz
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GoNo equal kessie you welcome
ReadeWon
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good replacement for Sergio buesquet , larpota is doing a good job
Dembo0133
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Mr Xaxi your transfers are so many, where do you want your already existing players to play?.
what does pep do with his players? even if the are many ?? we need squad depth
adekunle100
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And they are offering gavi and araujo less money. Why???
I dnt understand ooo. With araujos performance
Seuabkln
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bye kessie thanks for your services. Milan is greater than any individual. we are Milan
Aditya_Sahu
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de Jong?🤣🤣 I swear u are one of the kids who know nothing about football even Nico, why would he leave,eh?😂😂
he is highest paid mf in barca but he won't get enough chance when gavi will become 90 min player so barca will eventually get rid of him....
bumabituyz
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xavi when you sell araujo who will replace him
Araujo is a good defender in Barca and we want him now
bumabituyz
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xavi when you sell araujo who will replace him
now we want to make them all because Gerard pique is odd we want to araujo and Christensen in our defence line
Constantinetino
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Thats clever
Constantinetino
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xavi when you sell araujo who will replace him
bro we already got his replacement bro,,the young defender from Chelsea we assigned
lundelns
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xavi when you sell araujo who will replace him
Christiansy for Chealse
bumabituyz
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xavi when you sell araujo who will replace him
bumabituyz
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Frank kessie
hud22
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Mr Xaxi your transfers are so many, where do you want your already existing players to play?.
football aint just a 1 match kid. its a full marathon 1 year more than 50 matches with unpredictable variable such as injury and so on. u need a good depth squad if u seriously want to conquer europe again
MSN1087
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nico will go and eventually de jong too
puig will leave and busquet Will retired in 2023
vuaipuy
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nico will go and eventually de jong too
de Jong?🤣🤣 I swear u are one of the kids who know nothing about football even Nico, why would he leave,eh?😂😂
Aditya_Sahu
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Mr Xaxi your transfers are so many, where do you want your already existing players to play?.
nico will go and eventually de jong too
nazacikrsz
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Mr Xaxi your transfers are so many, where do you want your already existing players to play?.
some players will surely leave Barcelona
ruwbestuy
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Mr Xaxi your transfers are so many, where do you want your already existing players to play?.
Ankush61
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And they are offering gavi and araujo less money. Why???
rubdimsuy
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I really care💯
London boy, I really want to come there can u help 😢
N0_N0NsENSE
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Barca have learnt from the financial mismanagement during Bartomeu era and are now taking steps carefull to recover from the mess without loosing out on smooth rebuilding.
londonboy256
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see? no one cares
I really care💯
trexmeemo
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literally no comments except you
emuobokelvin
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see? no one cares