Jean-Clair Todibo, the French number 24 in the history of the FC Barcelona

With the landing of Jean-Clair Todibo to the FC Barcelona, the Barcelona group will sign to the French player number 24 of his history, after along the last years have closed the signings of players like Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Digne, Ousmane Dembélé and Clément Lenglet, this last having arrived does so only some months.

If it could say antaño that the FC Barcelona had something of bad luck with the players that arrived pertinent of France, fits to highlight that this effect has disappeared completely in the last times, breaking the bad dynamics with the landing of players like Thierry Henry, Éric Abidal or Ludovic Giuly, those who contributed to give a qualitative jump to the team culé.

Now, the good recent result of the French signings has changed the imaginary community of the fans culé, that no longer thinks that fichar to pertinent players of France was a bad idea, neither much less. Jean-Clair Todibo will be the last in arriving to the Camp Nou, and will find with three French mates in the staff: Clément Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti and Ousmane Dembélé.

This will contribute, without place to doubts, to that his adaptation can be faster to the Barça, and even more taking into account that two of his mates also are central, what will favour the communication so much in the trainings as in the parties to do stronger to the saga in the field of chemistry of team, in addition to understanding.

To these four French that will have the Barça in the staff the next season 2019-20, could join a fifth: Adrien Rabiot. The midfield player of Paris Saint-Germain could abandon his current team with the letter of freedom course to the Barça, to the have not closed the renewal with the PSG and have been separated of the team by Nasser To the-Khelaifi and Thomas Tuchel. An operation, this yes, increasingly difficult.

For the moment, the FC Barcelona already has done the duties with Jean-Clair Todibo. Now, it fits to analyse which have been the others 23 French players that have recalado in the club along the history.

THE 24 FRENCH PLAYERS OF THE BARÇA:

• René-Victor Fenouillère (1902-1903): Forward. It lived a year in Catalonia before falling knocked down during the World-wide War. It played three friendly in 1902, and marked a goal like Barcelona.
• Henry Normand (1908-1909): Midfield player. In spite of being son of French parents, was born in Valladolid and died in the Spanish capital. Before fichar by the FC Barcelona, played in the Real Madrid. Ephemeral step, also, by the Barcelona club.
• Jim Carlier (1913-1914): Midfield player. It remained a season in the FC Barcelona, and struggled in the First World War like flyer. Neither it stood out especially in the group culé.
• Maurice Bigué (1913-1914): Midfield player. It was a time in the Barcelona and contested nine parties. International by France in seven occasions, although without too much repercussion in the Barcelona club.
• Jean Verdoux (1917-1918): Forward. It was a season in Can Barça and contested four meetings, in which it marked four targets.
• Jules Robusco (1948): it Arrived with 18 years to the Barça and so only contested two meetings, without any transcendence.
• Lucien Muller (1965-1968): Midfield player. It played 124 parties and years afterwards went trainer, leaving footprint in the FC Barcelona with the achievement of two titles. It was the first able French player to triumph dress of Barcelona.
• Laurent Blanc (1996-1997): Head office. Only it remained a season in the Barça after arriving pertinent of the Auxerre. It won three titles before going to the Marseilles, having therefore a remarkable incidence in spite of playing a year dressed of culé.
• Christophe Dugarry (1997-1998): Forward. It contested half season in which it played 13 parties, without marking neither an alone goal. It remembers of him the pelotazo that gave him to Louis Go Gaal during a training.
• Frédéric Déhu (1999-2000): Head office. It arrived pertinent of the Lens and played a season, but did not convince never to Go Gaal.
• Richard Dutruel (2000-2002): Goalkeeper. It landed pertinent of the Celtic of Vigo and never could be headline in his first season with the Barça, having a paper testimonial in the second campaign, before doing the cases.
• Emmanuel Pétit (2000-2001): Midfield player. 23 parties for a player that arrived pertinent of the Arsenal like champion of the world with France, but that never adapted to the game of the FC Barcelona.
• Philippe Christanval (2001-2003): Head office. Never it attained to convince to the technicians in spite of the evolution that promised, and finish doing the cases of the Barça without showing his cost, and by the rear door.
• Ludovic Giuly (2004-2007): Extreme. It won two Leagues and a Champions League, being key in the team of Frank Rijkaard and marking goals very important like which lumbered with to the AC Milan in the semifinals of the League of Champions 2005-06.
• Liliam Thuram (2006-2008): Head office. It arrived of the Juventus, descended to the series B, and played 41 parties before withdrawing definitively of the football. It combined good and bad parties, and never was a key piece for the Barça.
• Ludovic Sylvestre (2005-2006): Midfield player. It participated in two meetings before leaving , after rising pertinent of the quarry to the first team.
• Thierry Henry (2007-2010): Forward. Three seasons in the FC Barcelona, a Champions League harvested of a total of seven titles, in one of the most brilliant moments of the history of the club. It formed trident with Eto'or and Messi and played to a big level, although perhaps it landed something late in the Barça.
• Éric Abidal (2007-2013): Side. More than 100 meetings like titling, 16 titles with the FC Barcelona and a fight against the cancer that surpassed, and that it is his big success. Adored in the changing room, and also by all the barcelonismo. Now, technical secretary of the Barça.
• Jérémy Mathieu (2014-2017): Defence. They paid 20 million euros by a player that never convinced to the fans, although his performance was acceptable during his three seasons.
• Lucas Digne (2016-18): Side. Pertinent of the PSG, went the acting of Jordi Alba during two seasons before doing the cases, because of the fault of minutes.
• Samuel Umtiti (2016-): Head office. Only an injury of knee has braked him in the last months, but before lesionarse was one of the best head offices of the world. It will have to recover the level this season. Has agreement until 2023.
• Ousmane Dembélé (2017-): Extreme. It landed pertinent of the Borussia Dortmund, previous payment of 105 million euros, the second traspaso more expensive of the history of the football. Has agreement until June of 2023, and is exploding this season in the team culé.
• Clément Lenglet (2018-): Head office. It landed the past pertinent summer of the Seville after the club paid his clause of rescission (35 millions), and signed until 2023. It has adapted to perfection to the saga of the Barça.
• Jean-Clair Todibo (2019-): Head office. It will arrive the next month of July, pertinent of the Toulouse and free. It expects a lot of him.