Barcelona will not pay release clause for top managerial target but interest still alive
Barcelona are not flush for cash currently, and it is having a major impact on their abiity to carry out a rebuild. Not just in terms of the players they can bring in, but also the managers. One of the top choices to take over from Xavi Hernandez this summer is Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi, but his price tag is a major obstacle.
While the figure has been placed between €10m and €15m, Sport say that even if the Blaugrana want to sign de Zerbi, they will not fork out the €15m release clause in his contract. De Zerbi has been made aware of this, and Barcelona will ask that he tries to negotiate down his exit price if he wants to become the next manager at Montjuic. Equally, the Italian coach has made it clear that he will not act until he knows for certain that he is the number one choice.
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