Iñigo Martínez is in advanced negotiations to leave Barcelona and join Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr , a source told ESPN.

The Basque centre-back has a contract with the Catalan club until June 2026, but Barça are willing to facilitate his departure as a free agent.

The source said that the 34-year-old defender already received a tempting offer from the Saudi Pro League last summer, but at the time Barcelona's sporting director Deco convinced him to stay.

Iñigo's departure would not provide a direct injection of cash for Barcelona, but would free up a significant amount of salary to register other players.

Barcelona are not yet in compliance with the 1-1 rule (which allows 100% of the money received from player registrations to be used), but they could use 60% of Iñigo's salar

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