Despite the winter transfer window officially closing on January 31, the transfer news surrounding prominent players never ceases, meaning that there is always speculation about a player’s future.
Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe are currently two of the football’s hottest prospects with the pair tipped to take over the mantle from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when the two greats hang up their boots.
However, given the recent might of the Premier League, as witnessed during the past window, it seems that the rest of the European continent is playing catch up.
While there are clubs who could afford to buy either one or both of the players, LaLiga president Javier Tebas believes that is only Real Madrid in Spain who could do so, given Barcelona‘s current financial woes.
“Hopefully it will happen [that both players play in LaLiga] but these two players could only be at Real Madrid, because the economic situation of Barcelona would not allow them to access this type of player,” Tebas said on El Chiringuito.
The president was also hopeful that Barcelona would be able to successfully navigate its current predicament though he doesn’t believe it will happen in the short term.
“Neither this season nor the next,” Tebas added. “I see it as impossible.”
