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Barcelona still hoping for Coutinho, Umtiti & Pjanic sales in €200m cost-cutting exercise

The Liga giants are looking to get big earners off their books while also reaching agreements to lower the salaries of other first-team stars

Barcelona are piecing together a €200 million (£170m/$235m) cost-cutting exercise at Camp Nou, Goal has learned, with the Liga giants still hoping to part with big earners such as Philippe Coutinho, Samuel Umtiti and Miralem Pjanic.

Joan Laporta has been divulging more information on the state of the club's finances, with debts in excess of €1 billion (£849m/$1.18bn) posted at the start of the year.