{"id":249340,"date":"2026-01-17T09:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249340\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:45:12","slug":"just-in-barcelona-breakthrough-starlet-set-to-leave-by-paying-e6-million-release-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/249340\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Barcelona breakthrough starlet set to leave by paying \u20ac6 million release clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a major development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/dro-se-va-barca-125762357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Carlos Monfort of SPORT<\/a> reports that Barcelona starlet Pedro \u2018Dro\u2019 Fernandez will leave the club during the winter transfer window, after deciding to pay the \u20ac6 million release clause stipulated in his contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old wonderkid, who was enjoying his breakthrough campaign this term, informed Hansi Flick of his decision this morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona had <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-set-to-offer-new-contract-to-18-year-old-la-masia-gem-flick-trusts-fully\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">planned to renew Dro\u2019s contract once he turned 18, which he did on 12 January<\/a>, shortly after returning from Saudi Arabia following the Super Cup victory. However, Deco was unable to complete the operation in time.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Catalans are now set to lose one of the most highly regarded prospects from La Masia, now that he is legally able to change clubs at this age. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fc-barcelona-v-olympiacos-fc-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-league-phase-md3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Dro and Fermin Lopez of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-184029\"  \/>Dro on his way out. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The youngster has offers from teams across Europe, and at this point, his next destination is still unclear. Barcelona, for their part, will make a late attempt to convince him, but as things stand, Dro is bound for the exit doors.<\/p>\n<p>Dro joined Barcelona\u2019s academy in the summer of 2022. His strong performances earned him a place in the first-team set-up in recent months, but his time in the Catalan capital has now come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Dro earned the trust of the German coach during pre-season and remained part of the first-team dynamics throughout this phase of the campaign. In total, he played 148 minutes across five matches, four in La Liga and one in the Champions League, under Flick\u2019s management. <\/p>\n<p>During that time, he provided one assist. His final appearance as a Barcelona player was on 2 December, a month and a half ago, against Atletico Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou, when he played the final 15 minutes after replacing Raphinha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a major development, Carlos Monfort of SPORT reports that Barcelona starlet Pedro \u2018Dro\u2019 Fernandez will leave the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4096,47808,125041,47809,42,43,125042,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-249340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-dro","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-pedro-fernandez","15":"tag-top-news","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topnews","18":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}