FC Barcelona announce departure of Vitor Roque and official representative Lenglet

Attack Vitor Roque Next season he will play for Betis and Clement Lenglet He will do so at Atletico Madrid. Both left Barcelona on loan until 2025.

The Catalan club confirmed this. Betis will take over the player’s record and retain the right to purchase. although he did not specify under what conditions.

Vitor Roque, 19, signed for Barca last summer on an eight-year deal – until June 30, 2031 – and a release clause of €500m, with the transfer agreed for a fixed fee of €30m plus another €31m in variables.

This Monday, Atletico Madrid completed the season-long loan of French defender Clement Lenglet without an option to buy.from Barcelona to strengthen the left-hand profile of central defence following the end of Mario Hermoso’s contract last June.

According to sources close to the talks, Atletico will spend three million euros on Lenglet, including part of the salary that the Madrid club will pay, plus a variable part of his loan this season.

To ensure the 29-year-old French centre-back could sign for EA Sports’ La Liga within the salary cap, as well as goalkeeper Juan Musso, his next and final signing, Atletico required three players to leave.

One has already happened – Samu Omorodione has joined Porto – and two remain in the pipeline: Santiago Mourinho and, as expected, Arthur Vermeeren, who is keen to secure a loan move to Leipzig.

Last Saturday, Lenglet underwent a medical with his new team, whom he already saw live on Sunday from the Civitas Metropolitano penalty area in the 3-0 win over Girona, with goals from Antonio Griezmann, Marcos Llorente and Koke Sunday.