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Miralem Pjanic In a warming with the Barça

KOEMAN PREFERRED BUSQUETS AND DE JONG

Koeman still does not count Pjanic: 10th substitute in the League against Levante

Published:13/12/2020 - 20:52h

Updated:13/12/2020 - 20:52h

Ronald Koeman once again left Miralem Pjanic on the bench against Levante. The Bosnian has started only once in the league this year and has 10 substitutions for Barça in the Spanish championship

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Miralem Pjanic Keeps on being the third option of Ronald Koeman​ for the double pivote. In spite of the complaints of the bosnio and that neither Frenkie of Jong neither Sergio Busquets are surrendering to a high level, the Dutch trainer follows without having the ex of the Juventus of Turín. In front of the Raise, the one of Zaandam went back to leave to the Balkan midfield player in the bench, and already go 10 times this season.

The one of Tuzla added against the levantinistas his tenth suplencia in League, where is being one of the players with fewer minutes of the plantel barcelonista. Until the moment, the '8' so alone has contested 170 minutes in the domestic championship, 301 minutes less than in Champions League, where has been headline in all and each one of the meetings. A notorious difference that leaves very clear that for the day in day out, Koeman prefers other options.

Up to now, his only titularity in the 11 days of League that has played the Barcelona traces back to 21 November in Wanda Metropolitan. In front of the Athletic of Madrid, the Barcelona trainer himself threw of the bosnio, although it went strictly a question of need. Busquets was lesionado for this duel and the alternative was Pjanic, by what the ex bianconero contested 83 minutes against the rojiblancos.

In front of Osasuna, little more than a week afterwards, the Dutch technician went back to leave in the terracing to the mediocampista. In fact, in this crash, the Balkan not even played and was not one of the elected by the míster to the hour to do the changes. Six days afterwards, in Cádiz, Miralem was acting again and so alone contested 12 minutes more discount in the defeat of the Catalans against the cadistas.

Pjanic Complained by his fault of opportunities

It is necessary to remember that it does some days the player complained by his few opportunities in the Barça, but not even this has done that Koeman inmute and begin to explain more with him. "Honestly, I neither understand why am in this situation. "It is clear that I want to play much more. I know that I can contribute a lot, and when the trainer has done me play always have done it well, played good parties. More than this do not know what can do. I train me, I am smart", said before confronting to the Juve.

It will be necessary to see what offers him the future in the Barcelona to Pjanic, that in theory arrived to be one of the footballers stood out of the Barcelona picture. For now, his trainer prefers to have him in the second opportunity and follows having Busquets and Of Jong like indisputable headlines. Only the step of the parties will say if the ex seleccionador of Holland retracta or continue 'happening' of the of Tuzla.