THE BARÇA, WITH A PLAN CLARO
This is the strategy of Abidal to reinforce the centre of the field
Published:3/08/2018 - 12:02h
Updated:4/08/2018 - 02:34h
The centre of the field is the zone that the FC Barcelona wished to reinforce with important players. After the difficulties for signing to some of them, Éric Abidal and Ramón Plans have determined a plan of action to arrive to good port
In the FC Barcelona has clear that one of the keys by which the team did not achieve to arrive more far the past season in the Champions League is by the wear of the players titled of the centre of the field, that accumulated a lot of minutes. Thus, the sportive direction of the Barça put hands to the work to carry out important signings of face to the season 2018-2019.
The first was the one of Arthur Melo, a Brazilian player with which Robert Fernández, previous Barcelona technical secretary, already had arrived to an agreement by which only had to execute the option of purchase. Eric Abidal and Ramón Plans, successors of Robert, did not doubt in executing said option and in advancing it to put to the player to disposal of Ernesto Valverde from the beginning of the pre-season.
Nevertheless, the main idea was fichar to two midfield players of distinct profiles. A theory that still reinforced more with the sale of Paulinho Bezerra to the Chinese football, since from this moment the signing of a midfield player of physical cut was a priority for Valverde.
The technical office culé was working in two operations, mainly. The first was Frenkie of Jong, midfield player of 21 years of the Ajax whose signing by the Barcelona frustrated by the refusal of the Dutch club to sell. The second was Adrien Rabiot, player of the PSG that finished agreement in summer of 2019, circumstance that wanted to take advantage of to attain his signing by a cost reduced.
The weeks happen and seems that Rabiot is more had to accept the offer of renewal of the PSG, something that him descartaría completely like option of the FC Barcelona. Therefore, the Barcelona club has advanced in the negotiations with the Chilean midfield player of the Bayern Arturo Vidal, so that it was the reinforcement of this season for the medullary.
Of Jong, to the Barcelona in 2019
The plan of the FC Barcelona does not finish with the contracting of Arturo Vidal this same summer, but it would complete with the signing of Frenkie of Jong for the following season. The Ajax is not had to leave to go out to his player this summer, since it considers that the drop of Justin Kluivert already has been sufficiently important. However, the traspaso would facilitate a lot from 2019, with the Dutch team had to negotiate.
