Lateral damage: 'Albadependencia' and need of fichar a carrilero

It does long that in the FC Barcelona speaks a lot on the dependency of the team with regard to Leo Messi and little of which there is by Jordi Alba. Without the Catalan side on the terrain of game, the game of the team is much more predictable and, besides, the Argentinian loses to the that possibly is his best partner in attack.

The statistics of the parties without Jordi Alba in the field are demoledoras. The FC Barcelona has suffered four defeats in the present season and, in three of them, did not play the side of L'Hospitalet. Besides, of the five parties -of the 39 officials- that has not played the side, only has achieved win in the two meetings in front of the Cultural Leonese in Glass of Rey, a modest rival, of Second B. 

To cover his absence and try learn to play without Jordi Alba, Ernesto Valverde has done to play to several players in his position, but any has given optimum results. Juan Miranda showed that it still is green, Thomas Vermaelen played lost and so much Nelson Semedo like Sergi Roberto notice the fact to play to leg changed, by what can not explode to the maximum.

The facts speak in case same: the need that it arrive a left side in summer to avoid these rare reconversions is important. It does some months, left Lucas Digne to the Everton and did not arrive anybody to replace him, and the true is that it is noticing . Ferland Mendy (Lyon) Likes a lot like option, although also they contemplate Filipe Luis (Athletic) or Junior Firpo (Betis).

Jordi Alba, still without renewing

Although Jordi Alba finishes agreement in 2020, surprisingly the Barcelona entity still has not closed his renewal, although yes there would be intentions to do it in this year 2019. In spite of that will fulfil 30 years the next month of March, is an entirely essential footballer for the future, something that shows in the previously mentioned statistics.

It is necessary to take into account that, during the two last seasons, the FC Barcelona has renewed to eight of his footballers: Marc-André Ter Stegen, Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suárez, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Hammered, Leo Messi, Samuel Umtiti and Sergio Busquets. Jordi Alba, by the influence that has in the game of the team to all the levels, has to be the following.