Barcelona and Fenerbahçe are now drafting contracts on a deal worth €2m plus a further €2m in variables for Dominik Livaković, agreed on a verbal basis in principle.
The Croatia international will not join up with Hansi Flick's squad this season, however — the move is designed to make him Wojciech Szczęsny's eventual successor once the Polish goalkeeper's contract expires in June 2027. Livaković will instead spend this season out on loan, most likely back at former club Dinamo Zagreb, as a bridge to his arrival at Camp Nou.
His salary will match what Szczęsny currently earns, a detail that matters given Barcelona expect to be operating outside financial fair play's 1:1 spending rule by 2027/28 — meaning any addition to the wage bill needed careful structuring.
Livaković is Croatia's first-choice goalkeeper and played at this year's World Cup, where he was one of the standout performers of the group stage; he also has previous experience of Spanish football from a loan spell at Girona, though he made no appearances there as Míchel opted for Paulo Gazzaniga instead.
Separately, Barcelona have agreed the sale of forward Tommy Marqués to Sporting Braga, with the Portuguese club paying €11m plus a further €1m in add-ons for the youngster. Barcelona have retained a buy-back option and a 20% sell-on clause on that deal, continuing the club's preference for sales that keep some future control over academy players rather than simple loan exits.
Marqués is already in Portugal undergoing a medical, with only the formal announcement left to confirm the move.
The Braga sale takes Barcelona's confirmed summer departures into double figures, following Robert Lewandowski, Iñaki Peña, Ansu Fati, Marc-André ter Stegen, Ronald Araujo, Ferran Torres and Jofre Torrents among others — part of a broader effort by the club to balance the books and register this summer's new arrivals within LaLiga's spending rules.