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Ronald Araújo and Mikayil Faye, FC Barcelona players

THE SENEGALESE HAS CONVINCED XAVI

Xavi Hernández will film the duo Araújo-Fayé in the preseason

Published:17/07/2023 - 23:21h

Updated:17/07/2023 - 23:21h

The loss of Iñigo Martínez due to physical problems opens a place for Mikayil Faye on the American tour of FC Barcelona. The Senegalese has convinced Xavi Hernández in training and everything indicates that he will add minutes in the United States together with Ronald Araújo

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Mikayil Faye Will travel with the first team to turns it American of the FC Barcelona. The Senegalese has showed character and conditions in the first week of trainings, convincing to Xavi Hernández to carry him to the pre-season. In this way, the egarense will give him shooting beside Ronald Araújo, with the one who has understood of wonder in the last practices in the Sportive City.

For Xavi, turns it americanaservirá to confirm to the charrúa like first head office, since in the 2022/23 alternated this position with the right side. The plans of the egarense aim to leave to Jules Koundé fixed in the right lane while it do not arrive a natural player for this place, an option that the directive follows without descartar, although they have to concretise before a pair of sales to offer by some player.

Xavi already bet by a pair of alternative head offices in the pre-season 2022

The drop of Iñigo Martínez (physical problems) and the late incorporation of Andreas Christensen (permission) will do that the míster of Terrassa bet by the pair Araújo-Faye like first option regarding head offices this pre-season. With Koundé, Sergiño Dest and Sergi Roberto like options by right, the another alternative regarding head offices this summer will be Eric García, whereas Alejandro Balde and Marcos Alonso will cover the left side.

In this way, Xavi will bet by a pair of alternative head offices in the pre-season by second consecutive year. In it turns it American 2022, Christensen and Eric were headlines in the four friendly contested in United States, a pair that coincided very little during the trascurso of the season. 'Mika' Will begin the 2023724 with the Barça Atlètic, but is likely that alternate announcements with the first team of usual form.

The reasons of Xavi to add to Mikayil Faye to the pre-season

In spite of his age (19 years), Mikayil Faye already has professional shooting after his go through the NK Kustosikja of the Croatian league. The Senegalese showed power, speed, good aerial game and security with the balloon the past season, by which Xavi insisted to the directive in closing his traspaso in return of 1.5 million euros. From here that the egarense do not have doubts in giving him shooting in turns it American to facilitate an adaptation that, apparently in his first trainings, will be much faster of the expected.