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Ernesto Valverde and Rafinha Alcántara, after a change in the Barça

AFTER THE INJURY OF RAFINHA ALCÁNTARA

Valverde Opens the door to the arrival of more signings in January

Published:27/11/2018 - 19:38h

Updated:28/11/2018 - 11:37h

In addition to analysing the party of the Wednesday against the PSV Eindhoven, Ernesto Valverde also spoke on the injuries that suffers the staff of the FC Barcelona, and no descartó the possibility to attend to the market of signings from January of 2019

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The trainer of the FC Barcelona, Ernesto Valverde, was consulted in press conference by the grave injury that has suffered Rafinha Alcántara, and that will force him to go through the operating theatre in the next days. It will lose what subtracts of season 2018-19, and from here that it pose the possibility that the Barça fiche to a new spare during the market of signings of winter.

Although has a big staff and the support of the quarry, Ernesto Valverde does not have descartado the option to attend to the window of signings of winter to reinforce to the team. It treats of a question that will have to analyse from the breast of the club and the technical office, and in which Valverde did not want to go in too much during the previous press conference to the party of Champions League against the PSV Eindhoven.

"It is something that have to analyse the of fichar or no. It is an absolute surprise by how produced the of Rafinha. The market of winter is near and will have time to analyse all the circumstances and value it. It is a sensitive drop for the team and is a penalty for him", signalled the technician extremeño of the Barça, regretting the injury of Rafinha.

In the same team already there are some possible solutions like Carles Aleñá and Denis Suárez, but the Barcelona also can find to several young players, in the quarry, that could exert the work of Rafinha Alcántara. "Carles Aleñá is of the first team, regarding other players like Riqui Puig, Hill, Monchu, Oriol Busquets, come training regularly with us and are some with which explain, in addition to which are in the team like Denis Suárez".

The centre of the field of the FC Barcelona, mermado

Along the next dates, therefore, the FC Barcelona will have to take a decision on if attend or no to the market of signings of winter, in search of a reinforcement that can do stronger the centre of the field, very mermado by the injuries in the last times. 

Arthur Melo loses the party of this Wednesday against the PSV, and Rakitic and Coutinho hardly does some days that have recovered of his ailments. Samper, to the equal that Rafinha Alcántara, has lesionado of long length and Valverde will have to resort to alternatives to avoid that his more important players suffer physical wear by accumulation of minutes.