Martin Zubimendi or Sofyan Amrabat? This is the 'pivot operation' of Barça

Fichar To a pivote of guarantees has turned into the big priority of the FC Barcelona, of face to the market of signings estival. The exit of Sergio Busquets, the one who decided not renewing, strength to the sportive direction to look for him a replacement as soon as possible. It is the alternative of Frenkie of Jong, the one who knows to perfection the position, but to day of today in the staff technical understand that it is not the ideal relief for the one of Badía.

In fact, this Friday Xavi Hernández did reference to that it is vital that the Barcelona picture achieve the incorporation of a pivote during the summer. "After the exit of Busquets, the signing prioritario is a defensive pivote", said the egarense, the one who at all times has left clear that his favourite is Martín Zubimendi, that "is an extraordinary pivote, understands the model that likes us in the Barça, dominates with and without balloon", as it confessed. However, in spite of his preference, is a traspaso that antoja like complicated by the intention of the player to be still in San Sebastián and because the Real Sociedad sticks to his clause of rescission of 60 million euros.

Zubimendi, Amrabat, Kimmich... Which are the options?

They are many the names that have been related with the Barça in the last months. The intention of the blaugrana is to have on the table all the alternatives so that, when it open the market of signings veraniego and know the 'reality' of the club regarding the Fair Play financial, evaluate the alternatives to begin the negotiations. For the moment, in addition to the preference of Xavi on the signing of Martín Zubimendi, has been in the diary Amrabat, of the Fiorentina, or Joshua Kimmich, the one who has been the last in colarse in the diary.

The player of the Bayern of Munich, fixed in the German picture and also in the selection, is a player that also calls the attention of the staff technical and sportive direction, but although a lot of informations suggest that it would be interested in a change of airs and that likes him the option to play in the City Condal, his price of exit would not go down of the 60 million euros (the same of Zubimendi). Between amortización and possible wage, as 'MARK', would cost 20 'kilos' to the year for the blaugrana; a mount inaccessible in the actuality.

In this sense, to day of today results a very complicated alternative to economic level, but is not a secret for anybody that all can change overnight. Thus, according to a recent information of the journalist Toni Juanmartí, of 'Relief', in the list of options only would be the Basque midfield player and Amrabat, but in different positions: The born footballer in San Sebastián keeps like the dream of Xavi; "an impossible love", as it defines it, whereas the Moroccan would aim to be the option number one to reinforce the centre of the field by the economic factor.

Amrabat Generates consensus in the Barça

Although in the list of priorities does not appear like the favourite, Amrabat is a footballer that always has generated consensus in the Spotify Camp Nou. Already in the wintry market were very near to do with his incorporation and he same insisted to the Fiorentina to complete the movement, through a loan, but the picture of the Series To finished resisting. For this summer already have 'warned' that will give eases so that it go out, but is practically descartado that it can be by means of a free transfer. Has agreement until the summer of 2024 and the option that they renew him of unilateral way a year more, but are many the possibilities that it go out.