Juan Foyth, Sergiño Dest and Thomas Meunier

THE 'FIGHT' IS BETWEEN FOYTH AND MEUNIER

POLL: Which right back would improve Sergiño Dest?

Published:16/08/2022 - 19:41h

Updated:16/08/2022 - 19:45h

Barça is looking for a guaranteed right-back to strengthen its position. Given Xavi's lack of confidence in Sergiño Dest, Juan Foyth and Thomas Meunier are presented as the main candidates to occupy the band

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Against all prognosis, the FC Barcelona received a 'varapalo' in his planning for the next season. The Barcelona entity worked during weeks in the signing of César Azpilicueta by request expresses of Xavi Hernández, the one who saw in the navarro the ideal piece to occupy the right side of his team. However, and when it seemed that his arrival was a fact, a 'volantazo' of last moment in the negotiations finished with the defender 'planting' to the culés to extend his agreement with Chelsea.

This put in 'alert' to the blaugranas, that, once knowledgeable of the decision of 'Azpi', have put hands to the work to achieve an alternative to reinforce the right-handed band of the square of Xavi. And it is that the egarense follows without trusting Sergiño Dest, the one who does not offer guarantees and follows generating doubts in Can Barça. In fact, although the arrival of César to the City Condal did not finish giving, the ex of the Ajax is still in the door of exit. The plans of the club with the one of Almere are clear and this remained in evidence in the debut suspender belt, where the defender remained out of the announcement by technical decision.

In this sense, Hernández follows insisting in having a side experienced that it can surrender to the maximum level. It is by this that from the club have put looks it in the player of the Borussia Dortmund, Thomas Meunier, as well as in the polyvalent defender of the Villarreal, Juan Foyth, that in spite of his youth is a footballer with 'tables' in big stages. Thus, in 'FCBN' ask us which of these sides would improve to Dest in the team:

THE POLL What lateral right would improve to Sergiño Dest?

Different profiles

The Belgian of 30 years is the one who more likes in the staff technical, since it is a player of similar characteristics to the ones of Azpilicueta when being a veteran defender, with leadership and experience in the big instances, that can contribute power and criterion in the game by the band and that has back in the split of Champions. However, his signing is subject to the figure that demand from the Signal Iduna Park to access to his traspaso. The blaugranas do not pretend to allocate a high sum to the reinforcement of this position, by what if the price is excessive these will not tackle the contracting of the player.

By his part, Foyth has won to tip of effort a place in the elite. The Argentinian is a polyvalent footballer, able to exert like head office, right side and pivote. Besides, his good foot allows him take out the balloon with cleaning from the bottom, a characteristic key for the diagram of Xavi. Likewise, his height (1,87m) turns him into a 'aerial strength' important, complementing like this to the Araújo, Koundé and Christensen. Finally, and in spite of his 24 years of age, his step so much by the Tottenham as by the 'yellow submarine' and the Argentinian selection gives him a wide back in parties of 'weight', being like this a young player and experienced.

However, other alternatives also appear in the horizon, as it is the case of Jeremie Frimpong and Aaron Wan-Bissaka. These two defenders contribute interesting profiles for the retaguardia, but the options of Foyth and Meunier are the favourites in Can Barça. It will remain for seeing that sucede of here to 31 August.

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