PSG offensive to defeat Alexia Putellas against Barça

BarcelonaPSG have expressed interest in signing Alexia Putellas and are willing to pay her release clause, as has been revealed. Sports World and ARA has been able to confirm. The interest is not new, because the French club, showered with millions from Qatar from its owners, had already tried to sign the Barça captain on other occasions. This summer, the Parisian side have again tried to convince the player, winner of two Ballons d'Or and who last season recovered her good form after overcoming the knee injury she suffered in the summer of 2023.

Barça are clear: "Alexia is not for sale." Club sources maintain that "Alexia is a Barça player, she has a contract with the club and is not for sale. Under no circumstances is she on the market." However, if the midfielder from Mollet del Vallès were to decide to leave Barça, they would be able to do nothing, provided that PSG deposited, before the closing of the transfer window on Friday, September 19, the amount of her buyout clause, which, as ARA has learned, is one million euros. A figure easily affordable for a club like the Parisians.

Sources consulted by this newspaper confirm that the captain's intention is to continue wearing the Blaugrana jersey and that she will not leave for PSG, who dreams of stealing Alexia—by offering her a succulent salary—from Barça as they did with Leo Messi. "If she wanted to leave, for PSG a one million euro buyout clause would not be an impediment," they conclude. The captain's contract runs until June 30, 2026, the end of this season, but can be extended for another season (until June 30, 2027, when she will be 33) with easily achievable goals if both parties wish. The French national team has also tried to tempt Vikcy López.

Alexia had considered leaving Barça.

Although Alexia's decision to stay is firm, the captain had considered a change of scenery this summer. Finally, she has decided to stay with Barça. It has been a very busy summer for Barça, with a squad that has weakened despite having started the F League with a bang. Fridolina Rolfö, Ingrid Engen, Lucía Corrales, Jana Fernández, Bruna Vilamala, Martina Fernández, Judit Pujols, Ellie Roebuck and Alba Caño, from January onwards, are the list of Barça's absences, to which must be added the loan of Giulia Dragoni, who will continue for another season in the Liverpool race. Only one new face has arrived: center back Laia Aleixandri.

Sewn by thefair playimposed by Javier Tebas's La Liga, there is not a single professional at the Barcelona club who is not affected by the cuts. In the case of the women's team, salary space is also being made to cover a good number of renewals for highly influential players, such as Mapi León, Ona Batlle, Salma Paralluelo and Graham Hansen. Claudia Pina and Cata Coll, as explained by theSportand this newspaper can confirm that they have already been renewed.