Barça 2023-2024 still has a very important challenge ahead: securing second place in the League, which gives the right to compete in the next Spanish Super Cup and, therefore, to compete for a title and earn a few million for participating in the tournament. However, in parallel, the Barça club’s sports area is doing its job because the end of the season is approaching and there are clear market objectives to address. And if there is something that is very clear at Barça, and even more so after the confirmation of the continuity of Xavi Hernandez on the bench, is that the squad needs to be reinforced with a defensive pivot that tries to plug the big hole left by the departure of Sergio Busquets the last summer.
In this context, Barça has been combing the market for several months and has considered different possibilities. Today, and waiting for the club to be able to generate income that will allow it to return to the 1:1 rule of LaLiga’s ‘fair play’ salary, the Barça club has set its sights on footballers with a ‘low cost’ profile because it is what its economy currently allows. And the one who has control is one who ends the contract: Guido Rodriguez. The Argentine from Betis, at 30 years old, is a proven holding midfielder, with an appreciable physical and tactical display and with the particularity that he has already put himself on the table Xavi facing the last winter market and the coach validated his incorporation.
However, Barça has not yet finalized the arrival of the Argentine midfielder, despite being a free agent with whom it can now negotiate without fear of sanction of any kind, because it wants to speed up its options of going for a top-level pivot. top’. And it’s not that he doesn’t value the quality of Guido Rodriguezbut considers that there may be a footballer of a higher level who can also be within reach this summer.
One of them is Joshua Kimmich (29 years old), Bayern Munich midfielder who is very popular with Xavi. Furthermore, there is a circumstance that makes him especially attractive to the big clubs: he is one year away from finishing his contract and, for now, he has not responded affirmatively to his club’s attempts to renew him.
In that scenario, the Bayern Munich is in a complicated position: if it does not renew Kimmich, he must decide between keeping it, with the danger of seeing him leave for free in 2025, or selling it now to obtain an economic return on his departure. That is where Barça can find a ‘top’ pivot, who can also act as a full-back, at an affordable price of around 30-35 million. Another thing would be his signing, which is now set at around 8 million clean, an amount that is difficult to assume at the Camp Nou. But the German’s desire to join the Barça team is known, also by a Xavi who spoke with him several times last summer after MD revealed the culé’s interest in hiring him and the player’s positive predisposition.
Another pivot that Barça has on its agenda because everyone likes it a lot. Deco es Amadou Onana (22 years) Evertonbut the high pretensions of his club complicate his arrival.
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On the other hand, Barça also has a high-level solution in its squad: the converted Andreas Christensen, who is counted on to continue playing in that position due to his good performance, unless the player presents a great offer for a change of scenery. Something that is not contemplated in the culé club because the Danish international has said publicly that he wants to continue at Barça and has a contract until 2026.
2024-04-26 22:30:05
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