Messi relieves to Iniesta like third captain

BESIDE MESSI And BUSQUETS

These are the candidates to be captains of the FC Barcelona

Published:8/08/2018 - 19:56h

Updated:9/08/2018 - 09:34h

The FC Barcelona will have in Leo Messi to the new captain of the team and in Sergio Busquets to the second, but fault for defining who will accompany them. As usually, the own players will vote to his third representative

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It does some months, Andrés Iniesta, first captain of the FC Barcelona, announced that it left of the Barcelona club in search of new adventures in the Japanese football. The empty that left the midfield player manchego in the captaincy will occupy it Leo Messi, that will be the maximum representative of the team in the field and out of him.

Sergio Busquets, that was to date the third captain of the team, will become second. In this way, the staff of the FC Barcelona already would have to his two first representatives and, as it is usual every time that there are drops of the captains, the players will go back to vote by the player that consider ideal like third captain.

For this, there are several possible candidates. In concrete, six names that aspire in turning into the third and fourth attendant to carry the bracelet: Gerard Hammered, Jordi Alba, Marc-André ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez and Ivan Rakitic. All they have sufficient chevrons and it will be necessary to see the final result of the votes.

I hammered, favourite

After several votes in which it expected that the name of Gerard Hammered went out between the main captains, seems that this will be the definite so that it was chosen like third or fourth captain. The Catalan player remained underneath of Javier Mascherano in the last vote.

Of the rest of players, stands out the presence of two canteranos like Sergi Roberto or Jordi Alba -the second went to Valencia before returning to the FC Barcelona- as favourite to obtain the category, since have chevrons inside the Barcelona changing room in addition to being vital players for the team of Ernesto Valverde.

Besides, three of the Barcelona signings of the last years also aspire to carry the bracelet. It treats of Luis Suárez, of Ter Stegen and of Ivan Rakitic. On the paper, would split with a light disadvantage with regard to the rest of candidates, although it neither would be a big surprise see to any of them going out like captain.

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