The FC Barcelona, and especially Xavi Hernández, interested does several months in Álex Baena, all thanks to the big 2023 that the mediocampista had in the Villarreal, but is this year has gone in growing even more in his game. The best example surely left it this Sunday, in front of the Ray Vallecano, when it gave three assistances, taking the leadership of LaLiga with 12 passes of goal, commanding a balloon to the crosshead and doing several played of authentic 'jugón'.
With this, the one of Roquetas of Sea was the MVP of the Yellow Submarine, but is that besides after the party left some very clear statements on his position with regard to the Barça. Sentencing that it is "the best club of the world". With this, Baena seemed to try approach to a possible change of airs in summer, something that for the culés would be a very interesting option regarding characteristics, to present and future, and also to identity and commitment.
A lot of characteristics that the Barça of Xavi could need
These 12 assistances in the season of the mediocampista only speak very well of his vision of game, creativity and capacity to step the rival field, in addition to his regularity. All these points seem keys to arrive to a Barça that seems to follow trying reinforce his midfield and his attack. And for Xavi a footballer like Baena would be the ideal to occupy this role of fourth mediocampista, that begins like left extreme, but that it is able to fall a bit to the centre to do a square in the centre of the field.
It is a role that has not been him odd to the international Spanish with the Villarreal, adding besides 5 goals in the season, 2 of them in League, but all this also translates to a very high price to pay by him. And it is that the Villarreal has been very attentive to his progression and does year and half closed his renewal until 2028, leaving him a clause of exit of 60 million euros, the possible price that the Barça would have to pay.
The Barça will have to analyse very well his options
Like this even it explained it the own player in his words of this Sunday, opening the door to the possibility to go out, but only under these conditions. Without doing comparison any between players, these 60 'kilos' are also the clause of Bernardo Silva (58 to be exact) and the Barça follows without knowing if it will be able to move index card by the Portuguese, by what the options of Baena, at least for this summer, are not precisely the highest. But perhaps with his 'Pichichi' of assistances and his 'darts' to the Real Madrid, the Barça try to negotiate some another formula with the Villarreal.