Barcelona president Joan Laporta has admitted that the second 'economic lever' will be worked upon this Monday, a move that could ensure that Raphinha, Ousmane Dembélé and Jules Kounde could all end up joining them and not Chelsea.
There was a point in time where all three of the listed players above appeared to be Chelsea-bound but for various reasons, it looks as though new owner Todd Boehly and Thomas Tuchel are set to suffer triple disappointment at the hands of the Catalan giants, with the £177m economic lever cash injection that was confirmed earlier this week having given Barca the power to sign up both once more.
Their deal with Leeds for Raphinha is expected to be very add-on heavy in comparison to what Chelsea had agreed. On top of this, Dembele will not be getting the improved terms his agent Moussa Sissoko tried to broker for him during these contract talks which had seen the 25-year-old become a free agent on July 1.
