Bye bye Barcelona, the star who's leaving the club after Ousmane Dembele's departure

Barcelona proposed before the start of the market that it should sell and generate income so that it is not complicated by the financial Fair Play situation. He had not done this until a few days ago, but in the last week he made two departures: that of Ousmane Dembélé to Paris Saint-Germain that was already known and in the last hours that of Franck Kessié.

The Ivorian midfielder will continue his career at Al-Ahli for the next three seasons in exchange for 15 million euros that will go into the coffers of the Catalans. In addition, the former Milan will have a great salary of 20 million euros net per year, something that was very far from what he received at the Blaugrana.

In any case, the player's priority was not to go to Saudi Arabia. Kessié wanted to continue on the European continent to prioritize his sports career and not the financial one at the age of 26. However, Barça's rush to sell and the lack of offers from the rest of the teams led him to make this decision.

Kessie did not feature in Xavi's plans

The man from the Ivory Coast already knew that he was not going to have minutes this season with the Blaugrana coach. He had already told him and that also implied that he was looking for a quick exit, since spending a whole year standing on the bench without adding minutes was going to be difficult. Therefore, he would now be Al-Ahli's new player.