The FC Barcelona confirmed finally this Wednesday the arrival of Iñigo Martínez to the Barcelona team. The Basque player will arrive to the Catalan entity with an agreement by two seasons and will mark immediately a change in the roles of the defence culé, which will add a new central after consecrating like the best line of the team in the past season.
The defender arrives free from the Athletic to cover the need that Xavi keeps of a natural head office with left-handed profile, something that in the previous course covered with Marcos Alonso, the one who now will be more devoted to the left side by the exit of Jordi Alba. Leaving this already clear situation, Iñigo could modify, or no, the plan of the technical body with his head offices according to advance the market of summer.
The next weeks could bring another change
For now, Jules Koundé is positioned like the main option to occupy the titularity in the right side, in spite of his clear intention to return to the centre of the defence. In his first season like culé has left good performances and has been fundamental so that the team of Xavi consecrated like the best defence of LaLiga, although in attack clearly is limited for being central during all his career.
In function of where play but the Frenchman will come the role of Iñigo Martínez, and also of another Barcelona defender. The Basque would occupy this place of third head office behind Araújo and Christensen if the Barça does not finish fichando a right side. This would suppose that Eric Garcia himself could keep in the staff like a species of fourth head office, being punctual option also for the own side, where also is Sergi Roberto, and for the pivote.
An exit that would benefit to all the parts in this market
However, with the load of minutes going down notably from the last campaign, the future of the Catalan in the club seems that it is far if finally Koundé assumes his place of head office of form more clear-cut, leaving like this to Iñigo like the last head office in importance inside the list. García would have to, in this case, look for an immediate exit in front of the very little opportunity that will be able to have during the course.