{"id":70285,"date":"2023-05-24T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/barcelona-agree-to-terminate-defenders-contract\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:53:41","slug":"barcelona-agree-to-terminate-defenders-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/24\/barcelona-agree-to-terminate-defenders-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona agree to terminate defender&#8217;s contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/129854797_gettyimages-1488008309-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Jordi Alba has scored 19 goals and assisted 91 times for Barcelona\" title=\"Jordi Alba has scored 19 goals and assisted 91 times for Barcelona\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordi Alba has scored 19 goals and assisted 91 times for Barcelona<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spain left-back Jordi Alba will leave Barcelona this summer after the Spanish champions agree to mutually terminate his contract a season early.<\/p>\n<p>Alba, 34, joined the club in 2012 from Valencia and has won six La Liga titles, five Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He has made 458 appearances for the Catalan club, including 29 this season as Barcelona won La Liga.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Alba will join club captain\u00a0Sergio Busquets\u00a0in leaving this summer.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on the Barcelona website said: \u201cFC Barcelona would like to publicly express its gratitude to Alba for his professionalism, commitment and dedication, and his ever-positive and friendly relationship with all members of the Barca family, and wishes him every fortune in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarca will always be a home for you, Jordi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes as Barcelona reshape their squad to meet\u00a0La Liga\u2019s financial fair play rules.<\/p>\n<p>Before the current season, the club sold shares of their future television rights and their media production unit Barca Studios\u00a0to allow them to register four new signings.<\/p>\n<p>They then had to offload more players to allow them to\u00a0register France defender Jules Kounde, who had signed from Sevilla.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"UZLlEFacdmE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jefferson Sackey to contest as MP for Ablekuma Central Constituency in 2024 - Adom TV (23-5-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UZLlEFacdmE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordi Alba has scored 19 goals and assisted 91 times for Barcelona Spain left-back Jordi Alba will leave Barcelona this summer after the Spanish champions agree to mutually terminate his contract a season early. 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