The transfers were all on track to be completed before the beginning of De Zerbi's preseason trainings, but before all that happens Alex is currently in Germany together with Van der Saar and Susan the legal director for the contract completion with Tesla at their giga factory in Baden, Germany. The Tesla deal as agreed would make Barca the only Sporting partner of Tesla and makes Tesla the official Automobile partner of Fc Barcelona, the deal would last for a period of 7years with potentially an addition of 3years making it a 10years deal for €50m and every single Staff/Player of the club would be given a Tesla Model S,Y or the Cyber Truck of their choice for commute between trainings and home.
The deal further boost the financial powers of Fc Barcelona for the summer activities and setting the future of the team on track. Alex is excited about what the future holds and is delighted to support RDZ in anyway possible, while on the plane heading back to Spain, alex called Edwards to enquire on the signings he's completed and for how much exactly each player would come. Alvarez is joining Barca for €30m, Gimenez for €5.5m and Goncalves who's supposed to head to Sporting Lisbon from Famalicao in Portugal for €4m while the last player to arrive is late addition and RDZ own specially requested player Mitoma for a meager sum of €3m from Kawasaki Frontale in Japan.
Before Alex arrived in Barcelona from Germany, the first set of players have already started showing up for perseason medicals and introduction to the new coaches, Alba, Roberto, Pique, Pedri, Gavi, Moriba, ansu and Tenas all showed up on 7th July for medicals with the second batch of returnees joining up for medicals on 10th July, three days later, with the last batch of players joining up on 13th July for full team trainings and Physical exams at the Medical facilities of Fc Barcelona. The second batch of players consist of Dembele, stegen, Dest, Araujo, Pjanic, De jong, Busquets and new signing Gvardiol all being the the second batch immediately followed by Messi, Christensen, Mitoma, Goncalves, Alvarez, Gimenez, Locatelli and Grimaldo would be coming in for preseason conditional exams.
The full Barca squad and their numbers of the new season are as follows:
Stegen 1
Tenas. 13
Alba. 18
Grimaldo 23
Dest 2
Roberto 20
Araujo 4
Pique 3
Christensen 15
Gvardiol 24
Busquets 5
Locatelli 19
Pedri 8
Gavi 16
Pjanic 6
Moriba 12
Dejong 21
Messi 10
Goncalves 17
Ansu 22
Dembele 7
Mitoma 14
Alvarez 11
Gimenez 9
This are the full squad of Fc Barcelona players for the 2021/2022 season, while the coaching staff consist of Mateo Paro (Assistant Manager), Andrea Maldera (Assistant Manager), Ricard Segara (Fitness Coach), Vincenzo Teresa (Fitness Coach), Sergio Garcia (Match Analyst), Nicolas Jover (Set piece Coach) and Toni Tapalovic (Goalkeeping Coach).
The training center of Fc Barcelona, the Titi Vilanova Grounds was bustling with activities as the players roam about finding their bearings and understanding what the coaching team needs from every one of them, Alex, Marotta and Edwards were all delighted with the outcome of all the signings as it was all finished before the preseason even began which shows the players commitment to Fc Barcelona and their desire to don the famous Blaugrana colors of Fc Barcelona. The coaching team, together wi the board has agreed on Six preseason friendlies including the Joan Gamper Trophy which would take place after the team comes back from playing Four games in America. One game in Spain before embarking on journey to America for the following four games and then the gamper in Camp nou, the preseason games are: on 15th Racing Santander at camp nou, Followed by games in America on 18th Benfica, 22nd Arsenal, 27th Juventus and 31st against Clasico rivals Real Madrid.
After the teams return to Spain and trainings on 2nd to 4th of august, the team would play Losc Lille in the gamper trophy on 5th before the league starts on 10th august. The sporting management of the board would follow the team to America and would meet with partners and sponsors while in America, a meeting with Elon Musk of Tesla and meeting with other partners like Fortinet, Konami and JP Morgan.