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Liverpool buy option in loan deal for Barcelona center-back Ronald Araujo revealed

Photo by Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images Barcelona agreed to send center-back Ronald Araujo to Liverpool on loan in a huge surprise deal on Friday, and details on the agreement are starting to come to light. According to Fernando Polo of Mundo Deportivo, Barça and Liverpool have agreed to include a €55 million buy option in the deal, which could be activated next summer if the Uruguayan has a great season at Anfield under new manager Andoni Iraola. The figure is certainly affordable for a big English club like Liverpool, and the fact Araujo is an excellent fit for a fast-paced, physical league such as the Premier League makes it at least possible that the Reds could entertain activating the option next summer. Liverpool will also cover Araujo’s entire salary this season, so the total cost of a possible transfer next summer might end up being pretty beneficial to Barça.

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Barcelona leave Marc Casadó and Roony Bardghji out of pre-season squad as exits “imminent”

Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images Marc Casadó and Roony Bardghji have been left out of Barcelona’s squad that traveled to Italy for Saturday’s pre-season tournament against Udinese and Nottingham Forest. According to Mundo Deportivo, the two players are in advanced talks to exit the club in the coming days and will no longer take part in the squad’s preparations for the new season. Barça have been in talks with Al-Hilal for Casadó for the last few weeks and are hoping to close a deal for at least €30 million, while Roony is the subject of interest all around Europe and Ajax have been linked with a move for the Swedish winger in recent hours. This has been a very busy weekend for the Blaugrana, who agreed to send Ronald Araujo to Liverpool on loan and are closing in on the blockbuster signing of World Cup winning captain Rodri from Manchester CIty.