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Pjanic v Olot

THE BOSNIAN WANTS TO STAY

Pjanic, all or nothing with Barça on this American tour

Published:17/07/2022 - 15:36h

Updated:17/07/2022 - 15:36h

Miralem Pjanic managed to travel with the FC Barcelona squad to the pre-season tour in the United States. The Bosnian will try to convince Xavi Hernández to reserve a place for him in the squad for 2022-23, a mission that is not easy

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The FC Barcelona landed the Saturday at night with a staff conformed by 28 players to which will add Robert Lewandowski this Sunday. Between the summoned for turns it American stands out the name of Miralem Pjanic, since the bosnio was one of the 'descartes' safe for the 2022-23 before beginning the pre-season. However, the midfield player wants to remain and will give it everything in the friendly in USES to win his place in the staff.

Unlike the other players in ramp of exit, the player of 32 years preferred to add to the trainings from the first day. His disposal, delivery and physical state convinced to Xavi to carry him to the United States, where the ex midfield player of the Juventus will try to show that, further of the bajón experienced in the last two seasons, still can surrender to tope in the elite of the European football.

In addition to offering him an opportunity to remain , the technician egarense wants to give him shooting to Pjanic so that, in his defect, increase the possibility to find clubs interested by his traspaso. For the moment, the managerial culé has not received offers by the bosnio and, if it does not play in all the pre-season, will be much more complicated to look for him exit. In any one of the two stages, will be to find new team or to remain , Miralem knows that it plays good part of his future in turns it North American.

The midfield player landed in Barcelona in 2020 pertinent of the Juventus after a barter in where the Barça sent to Arthur Melo to the Vecchia Signora'. In his first and, up to now, only season like culé, the one of Zvornik grieve contested 1.295 in 30 parties under the orders of Ronald Koeman, without adding goals neither assistances. The past year left yielded to the Beşiktaş, where neither could recover his best version.

The index card of Pjanic, main obstacle for his exit

With agreement until June of 2024, Miralem has an index card of 8 million net euros by season, a wage that hardly will assume another club. In the 2021-22, the Beşiktaş accepted to pay only 2.75 'kilos' of the wage of the bosnio, by which the Barça had to credit him the 5.25M remaining. Nevertheless, Pjanic only added 4 assistances in 1.867 minutes (26 parties) in his go through Turkey, a performance very underneath of the expected.

After playing the second part the Wednesday in front of the Olot (1-1), Xavi decided to include it in the announcement for the friendly in USES. It will be able to the bosnio win his place in the staff of the 2022-23)? The competition will not be at all simple, since Gavi and Nico González will look for his place in an eleven that has like fixed to Sergio Busquets and Pedri and where has added Franck Kessié. Besides, still it subtracts to define the future of a Frenkie of Jong whose exit, maybe, will increase the options of Pjanic to remain at least until January.