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Shock at Barcelona as wonderkid midfielder pays release clause to leave

Barcelona are set to lose talented midfielder Dro Fernandez, who will leave the club during this transfer window. The Spanish-Philipine teenager had begun to make progress in Barcelona’s senior side this season, but has decided to move elsewhere.

Both Sport and MD are reporting that Dro will leave the club in January, after he communicated to the club that he would be activating his €6m release clause. The 18-year-old joined the Barcelona academy three years ago, and the Catalan giants will make a lucrative profit on him, but with plenty of opportunity cost.

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Dro Fernandez: A Hansi Flick favourite

Dro had begun training with the first team in preseason, and manager Hansi Flick was sufficiently impressed with him to include the young talent in their preseason tour to Japan and South Korea. Out of the La Masia youngsters on the tour, he received the most minutes, and scored too.

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