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XAVI, WITH DECISIONS TO TAKE

Barcelona and the transfer market: what problem will Xavi have to face in the summer?

Published:10/05/2022 - 18:46h

Updated:10/05/2022 - 18:47h

While the Catalan team recovers its identity, it will have to make a decision in the attack zone. Is it a positive problem?

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The Barcelona finds in full fight to go back to be. The directed by Xavi Hernández try show in the field of game that further of the recent history, there is present and future for the Catalan team. In this sense, the recent party with the Mallorca left a series of positive news in this regard.

In the first place, the return expected of Ansu Fati after his injury. The heir of the T-shirt number 10 of at all more and at all less than Lionel Messi, and maximum promise of the Barcelona in the actuality, could go back in a good level and approach to the team to win of venue again. The another interesting novelty is the good party of Memphis Depay, the one who has turned into the goleador unexpected of the attack of Xavi.

Now well, no everything is colour of roses, since it can observe that the competition in the attack of the Barcelona is a lot of. More still if they take into account the names that sound to reinforce the attack: Robert Lewandowski, Erling Haaland or Álvaro Morata, among others. Even, in a lot of houses of bets of football specialised exist alternatives to predict which figure will arrive to the group catalán.

And although it has been the own Xavi the one who has signalled that a team like the Barcelona has to have, at least, bent each one of his positions to be able to face up to all the competitions, in the attack this number exceeds , since it has at all more and at all less than eight footballers to cover three places (if it is that the Barcelona follows betting to systems like the 4-3-3, for example).

But this does not finish there…in this market of summer, three important names have to return of his respective loans: Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho and Francisco Trincao. They will take place in the staff or will have to look for again another course? What sucederá with the current members of the plantel? To continuation, a brief review by each one of his situations.

1) Ousmane Dembélé

Without doubts, the big novel of the summer for the Barcelona. Although both teams have attained to approach positions to renew his agreement, the differences follow predominating in the negotiations. Although the current performance of Dembélé at last approaches to what expects of him when it arrived, can that it was not sufficient to finish to concretise an economic effort by the extension of his index card.

2) Memphis Depay

Another of the big doubts of this summer: his agreement finalises in 2023 and is easy to sell to other teams, by what would not be descabellado think in his exit. However, his numbers have showed that it has not weighed him the responsibility to be main attacker and is the goleador until the moment of the season. Surely what suceda with the rumours of signings determine his future.

3) Luuk Of Jong

The case of the attacker Dutch seems the simplest: his loan from the Seville wins to finals of this season and although the Barcelona has an option of purchase, the most likely is that it do not execute it. The performance of the forward has left happy to the technical body and to the directive, but the economic effort that requires will not do .

4) Ansu Fati

As we have signalled before, it treats of the new player franchise after the game of Messi. The injuries have not played him a good past, but thinks it to him like part of the new structure of the Barcelona beside Pedri, Ferran, Araujo and Gavi. Besides, his renewal has been celebrated by all. His future in the club is ensured in the future immediate.

5) Ferran Torres

In the same direction, Ferran Torres is fixed piece in the tactical drawing of Xavi. In this sense, is one of the few that knows that has his place ensured in the future thanks to his youth, performance and flexibility inside the field of game.

6) Pierre Emerick Aubameyang

The history of this attacker with the Barcelona was of elder to minor: his high performance in his arrival deposited it like key piece, but has lost terrain. However, it keeps on being the second goleador of the season. It possesses agreement until the 2025, but there is an open door for an agreed exit in 2023. Xavi will have to define in this case.

7) Adama Traoré

A big incógnita: his arrival also woke up illusion, but with the run of the parties grieve if it could add minutes. At all it does to seem that the Barcelona disburse the option of purchase, as well as neither do a barter with Trincao.

8) Martin Braithwaite

Finally, the most important problem that has the leadership after the case Dembélé: what will happen with the Danish forward? It possesses agreement until the 2024 but is not taken into account by Xavi. However, Braithwaite has not showed will to go to another team, by what can finish being a discomfort for the staff. If they remained doubts of this: in total has played 10 minutes in the last thirteen parties.

Of this way, this problem of abundance, that well could be seen like positive, will sue leadership and intelligence in Xavi to arm a plantel competitive from the first minute and give back to the Barcelona to the place that deserves . It will attain it?

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