Laporta smiles, the fortune Barça could receive if this player goes to Saudi Arabia

For years Barcelona have had serious financial problems that have prevented them from competing with the best teams in Europe. The bad decisions of Josep Maria Bartomeu's board of directors flooded the side with debts and made many important players leave, such as Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. At the same time, this hindered the arrival of new stars, making the team no match for Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Since Joan Laporta has been president, he has tried to solve these problems and make Los Blaugranas once again dominant in Spain and Europe. But for this they need to reduce costs and increase revenues. That is why this summer they have tried to get players to leave for other clubs who do not have much place in the consideration of coach Xavi Hernandez. This happened with Samuel Umititi, who terminated his contract with the side. Other players could also leave, such as Clement Lenglet, Franck Kessie, Nico González and Sergiño Dest.

Now Barcelona received unexpected news that made everyone happy: Malcom will be transferred from Zenit St. Petersburg to Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia. This was assured by journalist Fabio Aleixo, who said that on Monday the operation will be finalized. The Pro League team is willing to pay $60 million for the Brazilian striker.

This benefits Barcelona, since they sold the player to the Russian side in exchange for $40 million plus a percentage of future sales. So, if he leaves for Saudi Arabia, Los Culés will be entitled to 7.5% of the total.

He will not be the only star

Al-Hilal are aiming to be one of the best teams in the Pro League. That is why, in addition to the signing of Malcom, they have added other European stars: Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly, Serbian midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves.