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Ronald Koeman, in the bench of the Barça during the match against the Dynamo

INJURIES PUNISH KOEMAN

The signings that Koeman asks for Barça in January by the injuries

Published:6/12/2020 - 21:24h

Updated:7/12/2020 - 09:45h

The operation signings of the Barça of face to the wintry market had cooled by the performance in the last parties, but after the defeat in front of the Cádiz, Koeman alternative search

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The situation of the FC Barcelona right now is extremely critical. In front of the Cádiz, the Barcelona picture added his fourth defeat in LaLiga and the alarms, once again, go back to light in Can Barça. In the stadium Ramón of Carranza, the ones of Ronald Koeman left in sight the deepest problems of the team, especially in the defence, that had maquillado with goleadas in the previous clashes. The team, if it wants to struggle by the titles, has to do a lot of changes and improve entirely, what includes the arrival of two key players so that the project Koeman continue his rhythm.

In the summer, with the Dutch trainer recently arrived to the bench of the Camp Nou, the Barcelona tried to lighten the mass salarial to allow the arrival of necessary reinforcements to the club, taking in account the shameful derrrota in Lisbon in front of the Bayern of Munich. The team needed to renew and happen the page. In some way, the exit of players like Vidal or Suárez (that they surpass the 30 years) and the arrival of footballers younger, like Pedri or Sergiño Dest, has had a good effect, but continúa without being sufficient and Koeman knows it.

The Barça still needs more players to strengthen to a team that, although it attains to dominate all the meetings, loses if the rival is firm in his defensive approach. Of course, it is something in what Koeman needs to work, but also needs more resources, considering that, in addition to the tightened that it is the calendar, with parties each three days, the injuries have punished him. The technician has seen in the need to do something that does not like him: rotar, and already is him happening bills.

The drops on a long-term basis of Gerard Hammered and Ansu Fati concern to all the club. The good performances of Óscar Mingueza and the forwards in the back clashes to the injury of the central Catalan, in the defeat in Wanda Metropolitan, had cooled the intention that have the blaugrana, from the summer, to strengthen the defence with Eric García. Besides, with Lenglet in a good level (now debatable), Araújo and Umtiti recovering of his injuries, the Barça understood that it was not forced to do efforts (economic) extra to go out to the market in January and that it could expect to June by the player of the Manchester City, when it would arrive totally free.

In the forward of the Barça, Ansu Fati hardly was doing lacking. The good level that had reached Antoine Griezmann (whose problem, definitively, is to have to Messi in the field), Martin Braithwaite and Ousmane Dembélé, gave him hopes to a team that in the first weeks of the championship depended largely in the forward of 18 years to see face in the goal. In front of the Cádiz, the forwards showed not being so well as it seemed and, added to the injury of Dembélé, the Barça goes back to be in checkmate. Once again, the name of Memphis Depay goes back to the thought of the culés.

Without money, how index card?

Ronald Koeman, his staff, the Managing Commission, the next Managerial Board (was cual was) and until the same staff, know cuán necessary are the signings of Eric García and Memphis Depay (or a central and forward that was in the market), but the big problem is that the club is not in conditions to go out to the wintry market, and therefore they stuck to that the current players could 'hold' to the end of season. But already they have discovered that it is not possible.

The worst news is that, if the calendar continues being so complicated, will have more injuries and fewer options pararesolver. Besides, with the elections to five days of the closing of the window of transfers, the club will have very little time to decide who remain and to who will put in the market.

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