Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has instructed the club to find any exits for seven players after they reached an agreement over the terms of Frenkie de Jong's transfer to Manchester United.
The Catalan club have allowed defender Clement Lenglet to join Tottenham on a season-long loan while they did not extend the short-term contract of Dani Alves, who is now a free agent. Philippe Coutinho has joined Aston Villa in a permanent deal while Adama Traore and Luuk de Jong have both finalised their loan spells at Camp Nou.
Yet Xavi is still hopeful of a clearout among his first-team squad after Barca confirmed their first two summer arrivals with Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie – two deals that have been in place since March – moving to the club as free agents from Chelsea and Milan respectively.
