Barcelona Eye €26m Windfall From La Masia Sales This Summer

While the week’s headlines have belonged to Rodri and Ferran Torres, quieter business is being done at the Ciutat Esportiva. Three academy graduates — Héctor Fort, Jofre Torrents and Tommy Marques — are closing in on exits, and the combined La Masia income could reach roughly €26 million, according to Nil Sola, via Barça Universal.

For a squad as deep as Hansi Flick’s, the pathway from the academy has rarely been narrower, and Barcelona’s plan is to turn that squeeze into profit without losing control of the players’ futures. Each deal is expected to carry a sell-on percentage, a buy-back clause or both, so the club keep a stake in any career that takes off elsewhere.

Fort leads the La Masia exits

Héctor Fort has accepted that his future lies away from Barcelona this summer, and a loan is not on the agenda — both club and player want a permanent transfer, as Mundo Deportivo reports. The paper says the 20-year-old right-back has been valued at between €15 and €20 million and is particularly drawn to the Premier League.

Suitors are not in short supply. Matteo Moretto reports that Borussia Dortmund have made contact, with clubs in England, Italy and Spain also monitoring the defender and as many as ten teams believed to be interested. If nobody meets the asking price, Barcelona could accept a fee of around €10 million while retaining 50 per cent of a future sale — a structure that may suit everyone given Fort’s age and potential.

Torrents to Ajax, Marques towards Braga

Left-back Jofre Torrents is expected to join Ajax in a deal worth around €6 million, per Nil Sola, which would make him the second Barça player to head for Amsterdam this month after Marc-André ter Stegen’s loan move. Barcelona are again keen to keep a route back to the player should he flourish in the Eredivisie.

Tommy Marques, meanwhile, is bound for Portugal. Jijantes report that Sporting Braga are working on a transfer for the 19-year-old midfielder, who would link up with former Barça forward Pau Víctor, with the club seeking around €10 million. Marques played just 28 minutes of pre-season, in the defeat to Udinese, and the push to sign Rodri has only narrowed his route into Flick’s midfield.

Pure profit, with strings attached

Because all three came through the academy, their fees would land in the accounts as almost pure profit — valuable in a window in which Barcelona have already spent heavily and are chasing more. It is not a fire sale of the academy either: Marc Bernal’s improved contract shows the club will still back the young players they believe are ready now.

For the rest, the message is harsher but honest. With Flick’s first team this strong, the quickest way forward for Fort, Torrents and Marques is a move away — and the quiet business being done this week is exactly what funds the loud kind.