Barcelona reportedly hold an interest in negotiating the transfer of Paris Saint-Germain defender Presnel Kimpembe.
The Catalan giants have had to deal with well-documented financial issues for a number of years, a consequence of their vast overspending in the past.
As a result, the La Liga champions had to focus much of their attention on free agents and loan deals in the summer, as well as making the low-cost addition of Oriol Romeu.
Despite blooding a number of academy graduates since the beginning of the season, Xavi's side remain unbeaten in Spain's top flight after 10 matches.
Nevertheless, Barcelona officials are already aware that more cutbacks must follow with La Liga having already announced a reduced salary cap for 2024-25.
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While Barcelona may attempt to get around matters with a number of contract renegotiations, there will come a point when a high-profile sale needs to be conducted.
Furthermore, placing priority on free agents - or soon-to-be available players - makes sense and is an approach that will again likely be used in the next two transfer windows, particularly next summer.
According to Fichajes, Barcelona hold an interest in negotiating the addition of Kimpembe for the start of the following season.
Kimpembe has spent his entire professional career at Parc des Princes, making a total of 236 appearances in all competitions.
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The 28-year-old has been unable to add to that tally this season courtesy of still recovering from the Achilles injury that he sustained in February.
Although the France international is still regarded as a key man at PSG, not featuring under Luis Enrique may represent a time to consider a new challenge.
Kimpembe's contract is due to expire in June and Barcelona are seemingly eyeing up an opportunity to negotiate a pre-contract agreement at the turn of the year.
Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus are also said to be keen on Kimpembe, while it is plausible that Premier League teams will also join the race for his signature at some point, providing that he does not pen fresh terms over the next 10 weeks.
