4 BARCELONA STARS LABELLED ‘NON-TRANSFERRABLE’ UNDER HANSI FLICK

But as significant will be sales, with Barca likely to be forced to bid farewell to several high-profile performers over the months ahead.

In the face of as much, however, four leading members of the first-team setup will, reportedly, be going absolutely nowhere.

As per the aforementioned MD, the quartet in question having been set aside as ‘non-transferable and essential to aspire for more in a project that does not want to shoot itself in the foot’.

Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araújo are the players in question.

The former pair will come as little surprise, but Barcelona, and Flick, are said to envision major strides in performance on the part of both midfielder De Jong and stopper Araújo under new management, who are considered off the market as a result.

Though not directly mentioned in the report, youngsters Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí, too, will be going nowhere any time soon.