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Barça won LaLiga and, with the title in their showcase, they are already thinking about the following season, where they would already have an agreement with Xavi’s first request. Even the player would have already passed medical exams.
Xavi Hernandez has more than earned its continuity in the Barcelona, after making a radical change in the institution in just a year and a half. When the crisis affected the club and the results were not given at the Spotify Camp Nou, DT arrived to provide a solution and in a short time he has managed to restore the illusion of all the culés with titles: The 2023 Super Cup and LaLiga 2022-23.
However, Xavi is not satisfied. The Barça strategist wants to continue on the path of victory next season and has already secured his first request. Is about inigo martinezthe Athletic Club de Bilbao defender who ended his contract this year and at the time, already announced to the club that he was not going to continue.
So this is a perfect opportunity for Barça to sign a reinforcement of guarantees at zero cost and although there is still no official announcement, everything indicates that Martínez is a new Barça player. At least, this is confirmed by Fabrizio Romano.
According to the journalist, the Barcelona has completed the signing of Íñigo from Athletic as a free agent. Even, the center-back already completed his club medical examination weeks ago and his officialization will come immediately when LaLiga gives the green light to register him.
An express request from Xavi
After the departure of Gerard Piqué, at the Spotify Camp Nou they got down to work to find a reinforcement that adds competition to Ronald. In this sense, the arrival of Inigo to Barça it would be an express request from Xavi in order to strengthen the rotation in the axis of the rear.
If the signing is confirmed, Barça’s central defenders will become five with Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Iñigo Martínez, Eric Garcia and Marcos Alonso, considering the former Chelsea player as a central defender and Jules Kounde as a winger. Of those mentioned, Eric Garcia is the one who has enjoyed less prominence. Therefore, he thinks about leaving the team by not convincing the coach.
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2023-05-19 10:38:00
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