Posted on December 27, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. by La Rédaction
Faced with the enormous defensive deficiencies of FC Barcelona, Xavi would seek to recruit in this sector in 2022. Thus, the Spanish technician would target several players in order to register reinforcements this winter, but also next summer. However, Barça would first be forced to sell.
FC Barcelona wants to revive in 2022. This season, the club is struggling on all plans despite the arrival of Xavi on November 6. Barça points to a disappointing 7th place in Liga and was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League , a first for 20 years. In an attempt to remedy this huge sporting crisis, Xavi would have proposed several names to Joan Laporta in order to strengthen its workforce from the month of January.
Koundé, De Ligt and Christensen are targeted but …
According to information from journalist Gerard Romero , Xavi would have recently asked his management to recruit Ferran Torres , Edinson Cavani and a central defender. If the arrival of the Spaniard is imminent, the Uruguayan would no longer be the priority of Barça for the position of center-forward. As for the central defender, the Blaugrana have identified several profiles, namely Matthijs de Ligt ( Juventus ), Jules Koundé ( Sevilla FC ) and Andreas Christensen ( Chelsea ). The Frenchman is unlikely to change clubs in January and recruiting the Dutchman is said to be too difficult at the moment. In addition, FC Barcelona would first be forced to sell Clément Lenglet or Samuel Umtiti before being able to register the arrival of a new player in defense.
To succeed Alba, Barça is thinking of Gaya
In addition to looking for a new central defender, Barça would also study the possibility of recruiting a full-back left, but for next summer. According to Gerard Romero , Mateu Alemany , the director of football of FC Barcelona , would greatly appreciate José Gayà . The latter would be the priority of the Catalan leader to take over from Jordi Alba next season. Valencia FC would claim 20M € to let go of its captain, while Barça would hope to conclude the operation for an amount between 10M € and 15M €. The 26-year-old is under contract until 2023 with club Che , which would do everything to extend Gayà . For his part, Mateu Alemany would consider all the issues in this file. In the event of failure next summer, the Blaugrana leader would indeed study the possibility of keeping one more year Jordi Alba , to then recruit for free José Gayà in 2023. FC Barcelona therefore seems to be determined to do everything possible to relaunch itself in the future …