Marcos Alonso and César Azpilicueta in a Chelsea training session

THE CLUB SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE BANDS

Los fichajes que quiere hacer el Barça tras la llegada de Koundé

Published:26/07/2022 - 23:20h

Updated:26/07/2022 - 23:20h

About to close the signing of Jules Koundé, the FC Barcelona board does not consider the summer market to be closed. The remaining objective is to shield the sides with César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso, two very complicated operations

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Jules Koundé is about to to turn into the sixth reinforcement of the summer for the FC Barcelona. The club already closed the incorporations of Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen, Pablo Tower, Rapinha and Robert Lewandowski, in addition to the renewal of Ousmane Dembélé, but the staff is not closed. In this sense, Mateu Alemany is conscious that the group directed by Xavi Hernández needs to reinforce the bands, but fulfil with this aim will not be simple.

For the technician egarense, the best options to armour the saga are in Chelsea. César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso would be the complement ideal for a defence that, for the moment, only explains like Jordi Alba and Serginho Dest like natural sides. The another option by right is Ronald Araújo, whereas by left Alejandro Balde is the only alternative. However, the negotiations with Chelsea will be very complicated, since the Barça has entorpecido the plans of the group 'blue' in this market.

The ones of Thomas Tuchel wanted to Raphinha and Dembélé to reinforce his attack, but both forwards preferred to play in the Spotify Camp Nou. Now, the imminent signing of Koundé would be the third hit for Chelsea that has lost to his two central headlines this year: Christensen and Rüdiger. Thus, think that the ones of Stamford Bridge yield to his two sides to the ones of Xavi seems very complicated, more in the case of 'Azpi', the one who in spite of fulfilling his agreement with the club has not attained to resolve his exit.

This is due to that captain 'blue' had in his agreement a clause of immediate renewal, which Chelsea activated once fulfilled his previous agreement the past 30 June. By his part, Marcos has agreement until 2023 and, for the moment, the club does not seem had to listen offers, still when the '3' is determined to not renewing. In the meantime, the Barça continues his turn American and expects to close the remaining signings before beginning LaLiga.

The signing of Koundé, when falling

Although the directive of the Barça has saved silence up to now, everything indicates that the signing of Jules Koundé will announce officially in brief. The Seville preferred the offer of Chelsea, but the defender Frenchman has had the last word and, to the equal that sucedió in the negotiation by Raphinha, the ones of Xavi have remained with the prize. In this sense, Koundé could travel the Wednesday to the United States to add to the straight final of turns it North American culé, which will culminate the Saturday with the friendly in front of the New York Network Bulls.

To his time, the directive follows working in the 'operation gone out'. The club needs to free mass salarial to inscribe to his new reinforcements and, for this, is vital to go out of players like Net, Samuel Umtiti, Óscar Mingueza, Riqui Puig and Martin Braithwaite. Besides, they remain slopes the cases of Memphis Depay and Frenkie of Jong, the most complicated and transcendental regarding the value of his wages refers .

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