Posted on November 10, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. by TM Appointed coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi is now in charge of the Blaugrana squad. But to get back to the top, the Spaniard will need new blood, starting in January. Moreover, for this winter transfer window, there is a big priority to be solved: to find an attacker. It's been official for a few days now, Xavi is the new coach of FC Barcelona. Ronald Koeman was fired and Joan Laporta went to pick up the Spaniard in Qatar, at Al Sadd . So the new era can finally begin in Catalonia, but as it stands, it should be difficult for Xavi to get out of it. Indeed, the Blaugrana squad are very young and we must therefore reinforce this with experienced players. In addition, there are big shortcomings in the squad, as is the case in the attacking position. While Sergio Agüero is absent for the next 3 months and Luuk de Jong is already a flop, new solutions must be found and this will therefore require an arrival during the winter transfer window in January. Lately, during his presentation as coach of FC Barcelona, Xavi had not escaped questions about the winter transfer window. And on this subject, he assured: “We will study this with the club and we will decide. It’s early, but we will work to strengthen the team, it’s always an opportunity ”. If Barça and Xavi will therefore discuss the way forward for January, Marca assures on Wednesday that priority is given to the arrival of a striker. The idea would not be to recruit a player, but rather to accept one in the form of a loan in order to only have to pay his salary, or a small indemnity. And as regards the tracks under study in Barcelona , we would notably find in the first place the name of Raheem Sterling, always closer to a departure from Manchester City . But there would also be other targeted players in the Premier League, such as Edinson Cavani , who has a low playing time at Manchester United , or Timo Werner , who paid the price for the arrival of Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea . The problem is therefore well and truly under study in Barcelona , which will do everything to find a striker this winter and thus offer what it takes to Xavi to go as high as possible. To see now what will happen to Joan Laporta , while the financial situation is still far from being the best in Catalonia. To be continued… 
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