This is such a strange situation for all parties involved. From Barcelona, they need to raise/clear money for their new signings, and they need to find a way to reduce/get rid of FDJ’s wages. As it stands right now they can’t really keep him in present circumstances.
From FDJ, he did what he perceived as a good and necessary thing in deferring his wages, and now he’s owed an absolute fortune which he quite rightly has to get. In terms of playing situation regardless of what Barcelona say if he is adamant he isn’t leaving his money on the table, they aren’t going to banish him to the reserves or anything like that because they need players of his quality. However it will be a less than ideal situation in other ways I suppose. Of all the parties he is probably in the best position in that he either gets his owed money in some form or fashion and gets his transfer, or continues on his same wage at his dream club.
For United, we quite rightly should not pay the money that Barcelona owes him. That would be essentially us having paid him to play for them which is obscene. On the other hand, we are coming off our worst season in a long time, morale is at an all time low, confidence in the club hierarchy is at an all time low with protests and house invasions all possible. This has been our high profile saga of the summer, and so for this to end in failure would (quite rightly) aggravate an already (quite rightly) upset fanbase.
I have never seen a situation like this in my years of football. I wonder how this is going to end for all parties.