Barcelona president Laporta calls Dro Fernandez's PSG move "unpleasant" as the young talent departs for Paris, complicating club plans and generating surprise.
Dro Fernandez left Barcelona on Sunday night and is expected to sign this Monday in favor of Paris Saint-Germain until 2030. A transfer that is going down badly in Barcelona, even though Joan Laporta managed to recover a sum slightly higher than the amount of the release clause for his 18-year-old player.
With one week to go before the winter transfer window closes, PSG is about to complete its first (and last?) signing of January 2026. As expected for ten days, Dro Fernandez will leave FC Barcelona to sign until 2030 with Luis Enrique's PSG, who played a major role in his arrival.
While PSG initially planned to trigger his release clause set at €6 million, the club ultimately negotiated a transfer with Barcelona to maintain a good relationship with its Catalan counterpart and also to avoid paying taxes and fees that would have inflated the bill.
Joan Laporta Addresses Dro Fernandez's Move To PSG: 'An Unpleasant Situation'
L'Equipe reported this weekend on a transfer of around €8 million. According to the Madrid daily Marca, the amount of Dro's transfer would be exactly €8.5 million, while the Catalan daily Mundo Deportivo reports this Monday a figure slightly above €8 million.
In any case, the transfer is imminent as Dro was seen at Barcelona airport on Sunday night and is believed to have landed in Paris around 10 p.m. His transfer should be finalized this Monday, according to Mundo Deportivo, once the medical is completed and all documents are signed. A transfer that is inevitably poorly received by the Barcelona management, which had planned to extend its player, who became a legal adult on Jan. 12.
"We will talk about it when everything is finished," Barcelona president Joan Laporta reacted on Sunday night on Catalunya Radio. "He announced he would not continue. It is an unpleasant situation. We will be able to recount the situation as it had been envisioned. But it was a surprise. We had agreed on another solution for Dro when he turned 18, and, surprisingly, his agent told us we could not honor what had been agreed. We will try to make it end as best as possible in Barcelona's interest."
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