Difficult season to analyze for FC Barcelona. In La Liga, everything is going pretty well, since Xavi’s troops are second, tied with the Madrid leader. Even if the content of the meetings is not always exceptional and that the individuals have often offered points in extremis, as against Valencia last weekend, difficult to say anything. On the other hand, in Europe, absolute disaster. An elimination in the Champions League which will have big consequences on the sporting, institutional and financial level…
And to make up for this failure, but also to offer some missing pieces to Xavi, Joan Laporta is preparing a winter transfer window which promises to be eventful. There’s been that Messi rumour, but it seems completely unrealistic, as players of Bernardo Silva’s caliber are unlikely to arrive in a winter market. On the other hand, other players of a little less media caliber could be recruited.
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We know in particular that Xavi wants a right side, and Sport indicates that Joan Laporta will offer him a starting right-back, as well as a midfielder with a defensive profile, to take over from Busquets in the short term already. The name of Bruno Guimarães regularly comes up on the table, while the club’s number 1 option, Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), seems too expensive for the moment. N’Golo Kanté and Jorginho, as well as Youri Tielemans, are also cited by Sports worldwhich indicates in particular that these are the players who offered themselves to Barça.
For the right flank of the defense, the Catalan media speak of Arnau Martinez, the nugget of Girona, who also passed through La Masia during his training, while the Diogo Dalot option is still active. Reinforcements could also arrive in front, even if it seems less of a priority. Sports world thus speaks of Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund) and Nicolas Jackson, the revelation of Villarreal. Finally, Sport puts the name of Cody Gakpo (PSV) on the table. As you will have understood, we should see new faces in Barcelona throughout the month of January.
