BARCELONA have launched Martin Braithwaite simply hours earlier than the switch window slams shut.
It means the 31-year-old’s uncommon spell at the Catalan giants comes to an finish as he joins cross-city rivals Espanyol.
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The striker who can also be able to enjoying on the wing was initially introduced to the membership in February 2020 after they have been allowed to signal a participant exterior the switch window on emergency circumstances.
Ousmane Dembele picked up a long-term damage so an exception was made granting Barca a switch and they bought Braithwaite from LaLiga rivals Leganes for £15million.
The Danish worldwide signed a four-year contract at the membership and many deemed the switch unusual after he failed to impress at Middlesbrough earlier than.
He went on to play 58 instances for Barcelona scoring on ten events.
His supervisor Xavi has been determined to eliminate him this summer time however there was no takers.
Barcelona needed him to mutually terminate his contract to assist ease the stress on them amid monetary difficulties and so they might meet the wage limits set by LaLiga however Braithwaite refused.
Some claimed he held the membership to ransom and he reportedly demanded a pay-off value £4million to stop the crew.
The stand-off continued with Braithwaite allegedly wanting his £98,000-a-week contract paid to him in full regardless of being deemed surplus to necessities.
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Reports from the Daily Mail claimed Barcelona have been solely keen to give him a yr’s wage and that the striker had a proposal on the desk from Real Mallorca.
Braithwaite is probably not the one attacker leaving the Nou Camp on deadline day.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is about to be part of Chelsea in a deal that sees Marcos Alonso head in the wrong way.