Barcelona president Joan Laporta says it is not true that the club have to sell Frenkie de Jong this summer to help ease their financial problems.
Speculation on Thursday in Spain claimed Barca had told De Jong that he must leave this summer so the club can register their new signings.
Laporta was asked about the rumors during a press conference to present Raphinha at the Camp Nou and insisted that is not the case at all.
“It is not true that the club is obliged to sell Frenkie de Jong,” he told reporters. Laporta also denied rumors De Jong will be left out of the pre-season squad to travel to the United States.