近日，據《每日體育報》爆料，槍手阿森納準備購買巴塞羅那全能後衛孔德。為了得到孔德，阿森納準備在今年夏天豪砸7500萬歐元來打動巴薩。可見，阿森納是誠意滿滿。

It's no secret that Arsenal are looking for reinforcements at centre-back. This season, Arsenal has been playing on multiple fronts, and the central defender position is a bit stretched, which greatly weakens the overall strength of the team. Therefore, in order to strengthen this shortcoming, Arsenal set their sights on Kounde. In fact, Arsenal had already begun to test Kounde a few months earlier, when Kounde and his team made it clear to Barcelona that they would not rule out leaving Barcelona if they received a lucrative offer that would satisfy all parties. Now, with Arsenal offering such a high transfer price, it may be difficult for Kounde and his team to resist the temptation.

Kong De is 2022 years old this year, and he is in the year of fighting. Since joining Barcelona in the summer of 0, he has quickly established himself in the team with excellent physical fitness, solid defensive skills and superb game reading ability. This season, he has become an integral part of Flick's tactical system, and even when he is deployed at an unfamiliar right-back, Kounde has been able to do his job well, highlighting his versatility.

巴薩自然想留住孔德。不過，俱樂部目前的財務狀況，卻讓他們在賣與不賣之間左右為難。儘管巴薩在 2023-24 財年實現了1200萬歐元的正常利潤，贊助收入也創下歷史新高，但在償還債務以及維持球隊運營等多方面，依舊面臨著不小的壓力。就拿此前出售巴薩工作室的 “槓桿” 交易來說，雖然獲得了2億歐元資金，但後續還款壓力較大，目前仍有欠款尚未還清。此前一筆4000萬歐元的投資也未能如期到賬，俱樂部還需在短期內籌集 6000萬歐元，以滿足財務公平規則。在這種情況下，出售像孔德這樣能帶來可觀轉會收入的後衛，確實能在一定程度上大大緩解俱樂部的財務狀況。

對於阿森納而言，如果能成功簽下孔德，無疑是一筆極為划算的交易。7500萬歐元看似高昂，但考慮到孔德的超強實力以及他所能給球隊防線帶來的巨大提升，這筆交易應該會物超所值。而對於巴塞羅那來說，是選擇堅守弗里克的計劃，留住孔德，繼續圍繞現有陣容衝擊各項各項賽事冠軍；還是忍痛割愛，通過出售孔德緩解財務危機，為球隊的長遠發展奠定基礎？這將成為擺在巴薩高層面前的一道兩難之選。

Hopefully, Barcelona will finally make the wisest choice.