Mercato – Liga / Bundesliga – Benjamin Pavard and FC Barcelona would have come into contact

There is less and less doubt: Benjamin Pavard will certainly seek to leave Bayern Munich next summer, four years after his arrival from Stuttgart, and one year from the end of his contract in Bavaria. This is in any case what advances Kicker, who had already expressed the desires of departure of the Habs during the last summer transfer window.

The clan of the former Lille is therefore studying the market and would have, with this in mind, made contact with FC Barcelona. The Blaugrana club would be rather open to the idea of ​​welcoming the 2018 world champion, who was dramatically demoted in the hierarchy during the World Cup in Qatar. And for good reason: Barça wishes in particular to strengthen the position … of right side.

And that is the whole ambiguity of the situation. Because Pavard, he aims to settle in the position of central defender. “My position is central defender”, he explained to Canal + in October 2021. “What I want is to be a central defender”, he reminded the Parisian last September. The messages were clear…

This track is all the more surprising as Pavard does not tick all the boxes of a FC Barcelona side, especially in the offensive contribution and the technical profile. Still, there is a form of urgency in this position in Catalonia, since Xavi alternates between Hector Bellerin, Sergi Roberto or even the young Alejandro Balde … who is left-handed. In addition, the sports director of Bayern, Hasan Salihamidžić, delivered a speech totally opposed to this eventuality on Saturday. “We will discuss a new contract with Benjamin. He is a very important player for us and we still have big goals together. From what he told me, he feels very good at Bayern”.