The FC Barcelona has suffered a hard reverse in the last weeks. Thomas Vermaelen lesionó the past Friday in the party of selections that Belgium played against Switzerland. In this way, the Belgian head office will not be available in the next month and half and will happen to engrosar the list of lesionados in defence beside Samuel Umtiti, that suffers an important injury in the cartilage of the knee.
In front of said setback, Ernesto Valverde only will have of two head offices for the next parties: Gerard Hammered and Clément Lenglet. If one of them two suffers physical problems or is sanctioned in the next parties, the Txingurri will not have in the first team to any natural head office for suplirles.
With this delicate situation and knowing the record of injuries of Samuel Umtiti and Thomas Vermaelen -the knee of the French does time that gives him problems and the Belgian has a long list of injuries along his career- is posing the possibility that the FC Barcelona attend to the market of signings of winter.
Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the club culé, commented said possibility leaving the open door to possible signings: "they Are situations that suceden in the football, have lesionado two head offices, but remain two with guarantees and sure that they will recover . Always we are attentive to the market and will see what do in January or if we do not do at all".
Besides, the Barcelona president commented that maybe this plague of injuries in defence can suppose "an opportunity for the youngsters of the quarry". The new generation of players of the Masia arrives strong and had to win opportunities in the first team to convince to Ernesto Valverde.
Options for the Barça in defence
The technical office of the FC Barcelona will study thoroughly the multiple options that will offer the market in the month of January. The aim prioritario is Matthijs of Ligt, but in the Barcelona club have clear that bring him of the Ajax in winter will be very complicated and the alternative could be a central more veteran.