FC Barcelona focuses on one of Zenit's stars to reinforce its pivot

Published:15/07/2024 - 23:23h

Updated:16/07/2024 - 04:08h

FC Barcelona continues to look for 'low cost' alternatives for the defensive pivot position this summer. Without enough money to amortize the signing of Joshua Kimmich, 'Sport-Express' assures that the club would have set its sights on Wendel, from Zenit

The list of alternative 'low cost' for the defensive pivote that the FC Barcelona sondea this summer has added , in the last hours, the Brazilian Wendel. The portal 'Sport-Express' ensures that the mediocentro of 26 years, one of the figures of the Zenith of St. Petersburg, would be in the radar culé because of his price and physical and technical characteristics. The one of Duke of Caxias has agreement until 2027, but the Russian group would leave him go by a near figure to the 20 million euros, quantity that the Sportig CP received by his traspaso in 2020.

The Brazilian has contested a total of 124 parties with the Zenith (10 of them by Champions), adding a total of 20 goals and 25 assistances. The sanction of UEFA and FIFA to the Russian clubs has taken out of the international radar to the mediocentro, but his performance has kept in the last seasons, being a skillful footballer and criterioso with the balloon that has a lot of offensive projection. By age and physical power, Wendel even would be by in front of Guido Rodríguez for the Barcelona sportive direction, although the Argentinian can arrive to 'cost zero'.

The Barça goes back to bend by an option 'low cost' for his pivote

Having descartado to Amadou Onana and without sufficient money to go to by Joshua Kimmich, the Barça seems to have clear that, in case of not closing soon an important sale, will be necessary to go to by an option 'low cost' to reinforce the defensive pivote, a road that already used the past summer when it closed the arrival of Oriol Romeu. For the new technical body culé, Kimmich is the ideal option, but the 20 'kilos' gross of wage that demands the mediocentro of the Bayern Munich are a very difficult load to assume for the club this summer.

After the Eurocopa, also has revalorizado the figure of Mikel Merino, a more viable option in financial terms for the Barça, although the negotiation with the Real Sociedad will not be simple. In the case of Wendel, the Galatasaray also would be very interested in ficharle, since the €20m that asks the Zenith do not represent an obstacle for a club that, for the moment, has not incorporated players this summer.