Marc Bartra cannot break into the Barcelona XI, but the club's sporting director Robert Fernandez has blocked any potential move.
Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez has said defender Marc Bartra will not be sold by the club.
The 25-year-old has found game time hard to come by this season, managing to see just 341 minutes of La Liga action so far in 2014-15.
Schalke reportedly is interested in the central defender as it looks to cover for the injured Benedikt Howedes. But Fernandez insisted Barcelona will not be letting Bartra go anywhere.
"We will not let him leave," he told Movistar+.