{"id":500141,"date":"2026-02-24T03:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500141\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T03:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:30:12","slug":"sylvain-francisco-denies-reported-agreement-with-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/500141\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvain Francisco denies reported agreement with Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zalgiris Kaunas star Sylvain Francisco has denied rumors about a reported agreement with Barcelona, calling them &#8220;fake news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/265-zalgiris-kaunas.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zalgiris Kaunas<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/21280-sylvain-francisco.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvain Francisco<\/a> has denied rumors that he has reached an agreement with FC Barcelona for next season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/21280-sylvain-francisco.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvain  Francisco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/leagues\/25-euroleague.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-311467-any150x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sylvain  Francisco\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/21280-sylvain-francisco.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-421416-crop100x150.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sylvain  Francisco\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMIN:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t26.26<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPTS:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t16.86 (55.38%)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tREB:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3.07<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tAS:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t6.54<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tST:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.86<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBL:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t0.36<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tTO:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2.93<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGM:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t28<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/baloncesto\/20260223\/1004133205\/barca-preacuerdo-base-frances-sylvain-francisco.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a> earlier reported that Barcelona had reached a pre-agreement with Francisco, while noting that the deal had not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco reacted to the reports on Instagram, calling them &#8220;fake news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-463311-any718x552.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Francisco&#8217;s agent, Misko Raznatovic, also responded to Encestando reports about the French guard\u2019s two-year agreement with Barcelona, calling the information false.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never ending story with false infos, started with Obst &#8211; Dubai, and continued with Navarro- Bayern\u2026\u2026\u2026Lets see whats the next big transfer by enimaginando,&#8221; Raznatovic wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2026015305579770164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>This season, the 28-year-old French guard has blossomed into one of the EuroLeague&#8217;s best guards, claiming MVP of October honors and helping Zalgiris sit in the top 10 of the league standings.<\/p>\n<p>In roughly 26 minutes per game this season, Francisco has averaged 16.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 6.5 assists, shooting 40.6% from three-point range and 53.2% from two-point range.<\/p>\n<p>Francisco still has a one-year left on his contract with Zalgiris, although he has a buy-out option in his contract this summer.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_1\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for being with us! 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