Although Ewarton escaped relegation, he is still in serious financial difficulties. With the team reportedly set to sell players by June 30, Barcelon will be shouting at the right time. Recently, he proposed to acquire the 'drag-fat' Amado Orana midfielder, squeezing down from €60 million to €40 million (around HK$510 million to HK$340 million), forcing Ewarton to give in.
According to the Daily Sporting News, Ewarton have been docked eight points for financial difficulties this season, but Midsummer is not over the crisis as they need to sell players by June 30 in order to find a buyer to ship them out through the financial rules in a short period of time, making it difficult to hold on to overpriced personnel. Barcelona correctly recognized this weakness and exploited it.
Amadou Orana is one of the players that Ewarton is ready to sell for 60 million euros. Because the price was too high and Barcelona was too poor to accept the goods. Barcelona qua Ewarton had to urgently prevent the seller from filling these weaknesses. Sporting director Dicko contacted the manager of Amado Orana and expressed his willingness to offer 40 million euros. Due to time constraints, Ewarton may compromise.
