From 26 to 22 players: Xavi defines the Barça squad for 2023-24

avecinan Important days in the FC Barcelona in key market. The club has given important steps in his 'operation gone out' and, during the next week, could concretise several operations to lighten his mass salarial and changing room: the cessions of Pablo Tower, Nico González or Julián Araújo, as well as the exits of Clément Lenglet and Álex Hill, with the doubt on what can happen with Franck Kessié that it is pretended by the Juventus, but that does not want to go back to play in Italy.

All these movements will be key so that the Barcelona sportive direction can follow scheduling and defining the staff with which Xavi Hernández will explain in the season 2023-2024. Already they have concretised the incorporations of Iñigo Martínez and Ilkay Gündogan, but the intention is that they can arrive, at least, two reinforcements more, with Oriol Romeu ready to turn into Barcelona player. With this, the trainer egarense will give by satisfied and will begin to work, definitively, to fulfil the aims that have proposed for this course.

Xavi Hernández wants 22 players in the 2023-2024

As it has informed the newspaper 'SPORT', Xavi has asked to the sportive direction that 'accelerate' to concretise how will be composed the staff. Right now, they are 26 the players that are in the changing room: two goalkeepers, ten defenders, as well as seven midfield players and forwards. The aim is that, with the sales and signings, the number of available players reduce to 22. It supposes an absolute challenge, but foresees that it will achieve in the weeks to come.

From his arrival to the Barça in November of 2021, Xavi has insisted in that it is key to have the positions bent for 'reduce' the wear of the players and that he have options of rotar and vary his approach depending on each party. For this season, has insisted in that the club has to be able to have two footballers that can play in each position and thus it urges to that close the signing of Oriol Romeu for the pivote, a place in which they also could appear Frenkie of Jong or Ilkay Gündogan. Likewise, it will result vital that encourage to achieve a right-handed side for 'accompany' to Jules Koundé, the one who for the moment would be the headline by the band.

Six exits... Before it turns it by United States?

In the section of signings, the Barça has very clear what needs and what can do, but everything depends on that in the weeks to come it advance the exit of players. As we mentioned before, the intention is that during the next week concretise the 'goodbye' of players like Pablo Tower, Nico González, Julián Araújo, Clément Lenglet and Álex Hill. They would be five drops for the staff and would remain expecting to resolve what can happen with Franck Kessié, Sergiño Dest and Ez Abde, although this last has all the 'ballots' to remain in the club to reinforce the line of attack of Xavi Hernández.