Masche: "I will play the next four years in the Barça"

In statements collected by the newspaper "Sport", Javier Mascherano has showed happy and excited by the recent renewal with the FC Barcelona, team in which it will play until 2018 unless club and player pacten a traspaso to another group before it finish agreement so that it do not leave without leaving money in the arks of the entity culé. In any case, the idea of the Argentinian is to remain in the Camp Nou until it finalise agreement for afterwards hang the boots playing in River Plate. "I am happy to having renewed with the Barça. I will play here the next four years. Afterwards I will withdraw me in River".

For then, the "Jefecito" will have already 34 years and will have contributed what still has to give in the world of the football. Luis Enrique trusts fully in the performance and attitude of the footballer and even could turn him into one of the captains of the team after the course of Carles Puyol and the possible exit also of Xavi Hernández, that does not have the continuity ensured in the FC Barcelona. For the moment, Mascherano is concentrated fully in the World-wide 2014 with Argentina and faces the challenge with the maximum illusion. He and Leo Messi will not debut, however, until next Sunday.

Return to the position of defensive pivote

Luis Enrique values the a lot of virtues that treasures the Argentinian player and is convinced that it still is aprovechable for the new project that prepares the FC Barcelona. This yes, his position in the field will have to go back to be the one of defensive pivote, returning to his natural position. In the press conference of presentation of Luis Enrique, the new Barcelona technician explained that it always has "players that add and have personality". The Argentinian is definitely the profile of player that likes to the Asturian.