Alba, Kessié, Piqué, Memphis, Torre and Peña

THE MISTER MAKES HIS CRITERIA VALUE

The 6 players with whom Xavi has had the least at the start of the season

Published:19/09/2022 - 13:57h

Updated:20/09/2022 - 02:03h

Jordi Alba, Franck Kessié, Gerard Piqué, Memphis Depay, Pablo Torre and Iñaki Peña are emerging as Xavi Hernández's 'discards'. With the exceptions of Bellerín and Alonso, still in adaptation, and Sergi Roberto, they are the players with the fewest minutes

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The arrival of Xavi Hernández to the bench of the FC Barcelona and the beginning of his first season from the start has brought a series of important changes in the model of game, as well as in the case of some titularities that seemed almost safe. The technical criteria have imposed in the case of six players that would not finish to convince him, except exceptions like the ones of Marcos Alonso, Héctor Bellerín, with few minutes expecting join up to the dynamics, or Sergi Roberto, affected by the injuries.

Jordi Alba

The one of L'Hospitalet has been one of the almost fixed pieces in the distinct onces that have armed the last trainers of the Barcelona. Vital in the game beside Lionel Messi during the last part of his cycle like culé, the 'dispute' between Marcos Alonso and a youngster Alejandro Balde, that lives a big moment, have had him section of the last meetings under the orders of Xavi, contesting until the moment some 217 minutes.

Franck Kessié

Although his signing promised an important reforzamiento of the centre of the field, the marfileño does not seem to have fit in the eleven of Xavi Hernández. Only it has been headline in two meetings, although yes it has jumped to the field after the rest, what has allowed him accumulate 173 minutes. Possibly his alone profile was required by the technician in specific moments of the party.

Gerard Hammered

The arrival of head offices like Andreas Christensen and Jules Koundé, added to the increasingly evident consolidation of Ronald Araújo has kept almost out of action to the second Barcelona captain. The defender adds 135 minutes in the start of the season 2022/23, something practically unthinkable in previous years, where the axis of the saga was his.

Memphis Depay

The past market of signings left clear who would be the main referent in attack of the new Barça: Robert Lewandowski. The Pole has been practically immovable, what has carried to the Dutch to be part of the rotations, although in his last presentations has showed to be in conditions to litigate by a square after a summer in which it seemed that it would abandon the club. In the course adds 131 minutes.

Pablo Tower

One of the main 'marginados' and perhaps the most critical case between the incorporations of the Barça for the season in course has been the Cantabrian midfield player, that arrived with index card of the filial and the promise to form part of the dynamics of the first team. After being with Xavi during the pre-season, hardly accumulates nine minutes of game. Besides, it has remained 'in the air' to the neither be part of the filial, where take into account that the egarense can call him.

Iñaki Crag

Perhaps the most critical case until the moment was the one of the second goalkeeper of the Barcelona team, the one who on purpose had asked to be it to the moment to finish his cession with the Galatasaray. Nevertheless, the Alicante would be missing the regularity with the uqe had explained when it was a member of the Turkish football. The good moment of Marc-André Ter Stegen has prevented him see minutes of game.

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