After your official presentation at the Camp Nou, Xavi Hernandez He has already taken the reins of the first team and, despite not being able to count on the main names in his first training sessions, he has already begun to plan what will be his debut on the bench against Espanyol next November 20.
While most will return after the double FIFA date, there are others who still will not be able to do so as they are part of an extensive injured list. Sergio Agüero and Martin Braithwaite, for example, will be away from the courts for at least three months, due to a heart problem and a left knee injury, respectively.
That is why both the leadership and the coach himself began to think about the possibility of sign a striker in the next January market and among them stands out a name unknown to practically everyone except for the Catalan coach.
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With the departure of Lionel Messi and casualties due to injury such as that of When and that of the Danish, who join those of Dembelé and Ansu Fati, Barcelona would be considering reinforcing that area and one of the scheduled is el argelino Baghdad Bounedjah, a stranger to many but a key scorer for Xavi during his time at Al Sadd in Qatar.
The top gunner of the club that Xavi Hernández represented until last week He is one of the stars of the Qatar Stars League. Apparently, a first approach would have already been carried out during these days where the player was informed of the intention to incorporate him in the next transfer period.
The Algerian forward He is one of the referents of Al Sadd. Since he arrived in 2015 he played 153 games and scored 159 goals in addition to completing 44 assists. With his screams, he helped Xavi win a league title (2018-2019), two Super Cups and three national cups among others.
“I remember not knowing him, honestly. In my opinion, it is a 9 top. I could play anywhere in the world “, said the former Barça midfielder when consulted by the attacker while he was leading the Qatari team.
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The 29-year-old is also one of the key players in his national team, in which he scored 22 goals in 47 games and becoming the protagonist of the consecration of his country in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2019.
“He is doing extraordinary things. It may be a surprise for others but not for Xavi, he already knows it. He made history, scored goals everywhere; scored the most important goal in the history of Algerian football in the AFCON final. I don’t know if Xavi has in mind to take him to Barcelona, but I know he likes it a lot ”, the Algerian coach recently assured. Djamel Belmadi, in statements to TSA Algeria.
The name of the Al Sadd attacker is on the agenda along with others such as that of the English Raheem Sterling. The Manchester City player is one of the goals of Barcelona to reinforce their squad and everything seems to indicate that they will go for it at the beginning of 2022. Another that is on the list is Dani Olmo, but the negotiations with Leipzig would have been blocked by the financial demands of the German club.
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