Last night it was confirmed that Barcelona defender Mikayil Faye will leave the club to join Rennes in Ligue 1.

The 20-year-old young player was dropped from Hansi Flick’s season plans for the first team because the Senegalese defender failed to impress FC Barcelona’s new coach during pre-season training.

Several well-known clubs across Europe had applied for Faye, but he chose Rennes and will travel to France today to complete the transfer.

Financial details of the operation

As reported yesterday, Barcelona will receive a transfer fee of 12 million euros for Faye and will also reserve a buyback clause and a future resale quota.

Now Fabrizio Romano has announced further details of the agreement between Barcelona and Rennes regarding the young central defender.

The transfer expert confirms that Faye will cost Rennes a transfer fee of 12 million euros but seems to indicate that the reported value includes 4 million euros in additional payments.

In addition, Romano announces the amount of the buy-back clause that Barcelona has negotiated for the Senegalese international.

Barça can sign Faye from Rennes for a transfer fee of 35 million euros after one year, while this amount is 40 million euros in 2026, two years after joining the Ligue 1 team.

In addition, as mentioned above, the Barcelona have a resale clause for the 20-year-old, which is said to be around 25 percent.

All in all, the whole transaction seems to be quite beneficial for Barcelona, ​​who signed Faye just a year ago for a transfer fee of just €1.5 million.

Faye will say goodbye to his teammates today and fly to France to complete his medical examination and complete the surgery.