The 'low cost' signing that Xavi's Barça studies for defense

That the FC Barcelona can not, for the moment, carry out big signings is not a secret for anybody. The Barcelona entity crosses a deep financial crisis and are few the movements that will be able to achieve in the next two years, as little. The main problem of the culés (in addition to his total debt) is that it exceeds the limit salarial in some 372 million euros, apróximadamente. The club has to do malabares no only to achieve to players by an accessible price, but also to inscribe them in the staff. They lived it with Leo Messi in the summer and now with Ferran Torres.

That's why the operations 'low cost' antojan like the solution to short and average term for the Barça and the reason by which the sportive direction is attentive to the options that there is in the market. 'SPORT' Has informed recently that the leaf of route of the culés is "a pair of signings of first level, players that arrive to cost zero and investments of 'future', as it was the case Pedri in his day".

One of the options that handle is the one of Alejandro French, player of the Real Saragossa of 19 years. The Barça carries attentive time to his situation and is considered like one of the new promises in the Spanish football. The defender is, at present, one of the players 'fixed' and indisputable in the approach of Juan Ignacio Martínez by his polivalencia. It can play in the right side or in the centre of the defence.

In the Camp Nou handle very good reports of the footballer of 19 years, the one who measures 1.82 metres and, in addition to his polivalencia, stands out his good placing and personality. It is able to anticipate very well, and is effective to cut the actions of the rivals. It is a footballer with a lot of character that turns into an enemy 'fearsome' for all the forwards.

An option for the Barça?

For the moment, according to the information of the newspaper 'SPORT', the Barça has not given some step in firm by French, but "will try to repeat operations como the one of Pedri and the incorporate to young players with margin of growth and all the career by in front always has less risk that investments more elevated by players already 'exploded'". It is a big option to short and long term that would help to 'relieve' the big defensive problems of the culés.

In any case, the footballer has agreement with the Real Saragossa and has informed that his exit rondaría the six or seven million euros, although has a clause of rescission of eight 'kilos'. The before quoted source adds, besides, that clubs inside and out of Spain also are attentive to his situation and that French would have the intention to follow playing in the Spanish football.