The 'top' central defenders that Barça aspires to sign

Recently it has informed that Xavi Hernández has transmitted to the directive of the FC Barcelona that considers necessary the signing of a central for the defence of the team culé of face to the next season. The trainer egarense justifies his request with that the club needs several players by position and that expect that they go out three head offices during this summer.

It is worth it to remember that Clément Lenglet, Òscar Mingueza and Samuel Umtiti aim to abandon the Camp Nou during the next weeks and the staff will remain with Gerard Hammered, Ronald Araújo and Eric García in the changing room, accompanied by Andreas Christensen, the one who will arrive like pertinent free agent of Chelsea. For Xavi Hernández is paramount that can arrive an extra reinforcement to have alternatives of face to the configuration of his alignment.

Likewise, it is entredicho what can happen with Gerard Hammered, whose paper could change in the 2023-2024. Everything is in "will see" and Xavi wants to ensure no only the present, but the competitiveness of the team to average and long term. Of there, they have arisen several names in the diary of the madridistas of face to the market of signings estival. Kalidou Koulibaly (Naples), Jules Koundé (Chelsea) or Íñigo Martínez (Athletic of Bilbao) are those that more have sounded.

In the case of the player of the Napoli, the blaugrana have turned him into a priority (of agreement to the rumours), but his agent has desvelado that it has not negotiated with any club. Fali Ramadani Aimed in the 'Ran dello Sport' that "there are a lot of rumours, and want to clear that we are not in conversations with any club for Koulibaly, until today", by what, for the moment, any operation would be far to produce .

The Italian picture, in any case, will not put eases so that Koulibaly can abandon the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona before it finalise his agreement (2023) and, although the player has manifested that it does not want to renew his agreement, will resist to the end. In case to access, will be by a mount that it will surpass the 40 million euros, a figure inalcanzable for the culés.

Opportunity with Koundé and Martínez?

Jules Koundé also has been one of the players that the Barça carries long following. The central of the Seville could abandon the club, but will not do it by a low price. Different informations desvelan that the ones of Nervión will ask between 60 and 70 million euros, with Chelsea of first in the list of interested.

The name of Íñigo Martínez also is in the list, but is not an option that likes a lot in the sportive direction. It finishes his agreement with the Athletic of Bilbao in 2023 and could go out this summer, but is not at all decided. Everything will depend, in any case, that the Barça have economic options to tackle an operation. For the moment, it is impossible.