Barcelona Receive Blunt Dro Fernández Message Amid PSG Move | OneFootball

Over the past ten years, PSG has consistently targeted players from FC Barcelona. Stars like Neymar Jr. and Ousmane Dembélé are just a few who have made the move from Catalonia to Paris.

With Luis Enrique leading the Parisians and having an intimate understanding of Barcelona, scouting talent from the Spanish club could continue as long as he’s in charge. The newest Barcelona player to make the switch is teenage standout Dro Fernández.

According to L’Equipe, Fernández has signed for PSG on a deal until 2030 after the reigning UEFA Champions League winners triggered the €6M release clause in his contract.

Moreover, Sky Sport Germany’s Florian Plettenberg reports that Enrique and PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi have convinced Fernández to make the move to the capital club, and he’ll undergo a medical soon.

Barcelona Lost Dro Fernández for a Key Reason

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Amid this news that PSG are taking another Barcelona player, Robin Bairner, chief editor at Football Transfers, shared the reason why he believes Fernández wanted out of the Catalan side and reportedly chose the Ligue 1 club as his next destination.

“The Barcelona midfield is stacked,” Bairner said on the latest Ensemble PSG Podcast. “It has loads of depth. Frenkie de Jong looks like he’s going to stay. There are lots of young players there. It looks complicated for Dro to break into that team as much as he might like immediately.

“I think there’s going to be more opportunities at PSG, and I think that’s probably one of the big attractions to PSG. Now, there was interest from the Premier League. Chelsea and Manchester City were notably interested in them.

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“The English press actually had both of those clubs ahead of PSG until relatively recently, or very late on in the story. So I think that PSG have managed to beat these clubs purely because they’ve got that opportunity to offer them first-team football.”

Meanwhile, Spanish journalist Alfredo Martinez didn’t hold back his criticism of the player.

“Before Dro, we’ve already seen many cases of players who chose other clubs in haste,” Martinez wrote on X (h/t Le10Sport). “Many disappointments. If Dro decides to leave, he will miss out on the development he could have had at Barcelona, just like Pedri, Xavi, and Iniesta, who found success later than he would have.”