Xavi clears up doubts about Koundé's role for 2023/24

Xavi Hernández has cleared his doubts on the role of Jules Koundé in the 2023/24. Although the plans of the egarense aimed to leave to the fixed Frenchman in the right band, the insistence of the defender for keeping in the centre of the saga and his good performance in the pre-season have convinced to the trainer that, for now, the best is to have Koundé like first head office, well was accompanied by Andreas Christensen or Iñigo Martínez.

And it is that, while it do not arrive a born right side, Ronald Araújo will keep like titling in the right side. The Uruguayan has showed attitude and sufficient conditions to commission of the right-handed band, while Alejandro Balde follows suit by left. Both were the best in defence, beside Jules, in one turns American that evidenció the lacks of Eric García and the doubts that generates the physical state of Iñigo.

The arrival of a right side will not change the plans of Xavi

Independently of if the club attains or no fichar a right side before the closing of the market, Xavi will not alter his plans for the beginning of the 2023/24. Koundé Will be central and Araújo lateral right, with Eric García and Marcos Alonso like alternatives regarding central if they persist the physical problems of Christensen and Martínez. By the right band, the second option will be Sergi Roberto, since Sergiño Dest does not explain for the technician egarense.

In the case of the left side, Marcos Alonso also will have the responsibility to cover to Balde if the canterano suffers some physical setback. Xavi is very satisfied with the defensive performance of the team and trusts that, beside Oriol Romeu like pivote, the team will keep the solidity that characterised him in LaLiga the past season, protected besides in Marc-André ter Stegen that is still in a state of spectacular form.

Koundé Has gone out with his

In this way, Jules Koundé has attained to convince to Xavi to keep him in the place where more comfortable feels . The one of Paris has showed conditions to surrender without problems in the band, but from the final stretch of the 2022/23 left clear his intention of not playing more as lateral. In fact, the attitude of the Frenchman, in his moment, generated unrest in the directive and the technical body arriving, even, to argue his continuity, but all this has remained backwards. The player of 24 years has gone out with his and the expectations are very high regarding what can show in his second season in the Barça.