FC Barcelona used its official website to announce a transfer for the upcoming 2025/2026 season.
“FC Barcelona and CF Estrela da Amadora have reached an agreement for the loan of player Alan Godoy until June 30, 2026,” a statement on the matter read.
The club recalled how Godoy arrived at Barca in the winter transfer window last season and signed a contract until June 30, 2027 as his move from Eldense was finalised.
Godoy started his tenure in Catalonia “with important participations” for the reserve team known as Barca Atletic, and made a scoring debut for it amid starting the first six games in row he was available for.
A muscle injury then kept him out of action for seven games, but Godoy managed to return and score two goals in the last few games of the season.
Overall he netted three in nine appearances, and will now head to Portugal to Estrela da Amadora and try to gain formative experience with a club that has recently been promoted to the top flight amid the likes of Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon.
Kicking on in Portugal will be to Godoy’s benefit whether it is attracting interest from a bigger club or impressing Barca across the border on the Iberian Peninsula.
Unfortunately, though he has plenty of time on the clock with a contract until 2027, Godoy was unable to make the leap from Barca Atletic to Hansi Flick’s senior team in the short time he was around the Joan Gamper CT.
A forward who can play as a left winger, there was on overbooking so to speak for the latter position on Flick’s watch in 2024/2025.
With Lamine Yamal taking the opposite channel for himself, Raphinha was pushed on to the left flank and enjoyed his best season in La Liga and the Champions League with a litany of goals and assists.
Other options included Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati, though the soon-to-be ex number 10 has now, like Godoy, been loaned out to AS Monaco.
FC Barcelona will continue its pursuit for a new left winger
After first choice Nico Williams turned his back on FC Barcelona and renewed with Athletic Club, before being sent a message by Raphinha, the pursuit for a left winger continues. At the moment, it seems to be a two-horse race between Liverpool’s Luis Diaz and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford, providing that Barca can raise the funds to pursue either man.
