Franck Kessié and Andreas Christensen, future signings of FC Barcelona

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Kessié and Christensen: The two faces of Barça's future signings

Published:2/05/2022 - 18:17h

Updated:2/05/2022 - 18:17h

Franck Kessié and Andreas Christensen will be Barça's first reinforcements for next season. While the Ivorian is a key 'piece' at AC Milan, the Dane has been relegated to the Chelsea bench by his manager

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The FC Barcelona expects to concretise the arrival of several players to reinforce his staff of face to the next season. The team of Xavi Hernández is conscious of the existent need to strengthen determinate positions in the square to go back to be competitive to national and continental level, and from the Barcelona offices work incesantemente in attaining said aim. However, the delicate economic situation of the club has forced to handle other politics of signings, prioritising the market of free agents before making a cost 'immoderate' that it can represent a problem to future for the club.

In this stage, the Catalan entity has attained to concretise the arrival of two of the 'pieces' more codiciadas by the big clubs whose agreements expired in June of this year. The first of them is Franck Kessié, midfield player of the AC Milan that decided not continuing his 'adventure' in Saint Siro and aims to join to the rows blaugranas. The costamarfileño will sign by 4 seasons with the culés and, in principle, would arrive like alternative to Sergio Busquets in the half of the field, although his capacity to play in any position of the medullary could open him a gap in the eleven headline.

The footballer is fundamental in the midfield 'rossonero' and is one of the culprits of the good walk of the team this season in the local championship. Kessié Has been headline in the last five parties of the milanistas in front of the Torino, Genoa, Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina, these two last 'nail' in his research of the Scudetto. Besides, it has annotated 6 goals and has delivered 2 assistances along the campaign, keeping a good state of form during the final stretch of the same knowing be important for his trainer, Stefano Pioli.

Distinct is the case of the another Barcelona signing, Andreas Christensen. The Danish defender has lost his place in the team of Thomas Tuchel, becoming relegado to the bench after his terrible performances in front of the Real Madrid in Champions League and afterwards in front of the Arsenal by the Premier League, in both cases being substituted in the rest. The end of season of the defender has woken up the doubts in all and sundry, that ask if ficharlo was an error by part of the Barça.

Chelsea in 'free fall'

The economic problems of the 'blues' seem 'reflect' in the field of game. The group of Stamford Bridge does not go through his best moment of the campaign, winning only 2 parties of his last 5, remaining deleted of the Champions League in hands of the Real Madrid and with a performance that on the lawn that leaves more doubts that certainties. This bad series seems to have 'dragged' to a Christensen that it has not been able to 'raise head', generating worry in the Catalan institution, that has signed it by five seasons at a rate of 5,5 million net euros by each one of them.

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