WITH WHICH PIVOT WILL BARÇA BE ABLE TO REINFORCE?
'Operation Pivot'! Flick only wants Kimmich and Deco does not rule out Onana or Mikel Merino
Published:6/07/2024 - 16:59h
Updated:18/07/2024 - 01:28h
FC Barcelona seems to have its options more and more outlined to reinforce the pivot area for the next campaign, with Joshua Kimmich being the main favorite, but without neglecting other equally valuable options, such as Amadou Onana and Mikel Merino
One of the main tasks that will have the FC Barcelona in this market veraniego of incorporations 2024/25 will be to reinforce his area of mediocentros, that was one of the weak points of the picture culé during the campaign 2023/24. After the fallida bet by Oriol Romeu pertinent of the Girona, the one who had a very good performance in the first meetings of the season, but afterwards was losing leadership and his place in the eleven headline, Xavi Hernández opted for testing with Andreas Christensen like pivote, which resulted effective, but left the expectation that the club needed a footballer with provision further of it netamente defensive.
Now, with the arrival of Hansi Flick like trainer and the very likely change of tactical diagram of a 4-3-3 to a 4-2-3-1, that requires pivote more dynamic, will be necessary fichar a player with these characteristics, preferably with a label of player 'top'. In this sense, the name that has been more mentioned recently so much in the stage of the egarense as now with the German technician is the one of Joshua Kimmich, whose situation in the Bayern Munich suggests that it could be a candidate to go out this summer and turn into one of the big hosts of this market estival.
Kimmich Would be the favourite of Hansi Flick
In this point, as it informs 'Relief', this option seems to be the favourite of the trainer of Baden-Wurtemberg, since it knows it well of his stage like trainer so much in the 'Die Roten' as in the selection germana. Nevertheless, it is necessary to take into account that the acquisition of the canterano of the Stuttgart would be economically complicated, since the combined Bavarian would be asking between 40 and 50 million euros by him. Besides, it does not be necessary to shelve the fact that the midfield player surely will sue some emolumentos quite elevated for the scale salarial of the Barcelonan square, since at present it is one of the best paid in the Bayern with a total of 19,5 M€ gross by season.
To his time, it is necessary to consider that rumorea that Joshua has a preference for joining to the Manchester City because of his relation with Pep Guardiola, and the combined English has the economic resources to satisfy his demands and offer him an interesting sportive project. Therefore, it would not be descabellado think that the 'citizens' can be having some advantage in this possible transfer.
Amadou Onana And Mikel Merino, the options that more like to Deco
Going back to the subject of the research of a mediocentro, as 'Relief', Deco, sportive director of the FC Barcelona, there would be descartado to Amadou Onana of the Everton, a player with a more defensive profile, neither to Mikel Merino of the Real Sociedad. Both players can exert like only pivote or in a double pivote, which expects that it implement in this new was of Hansi Flick. Although the German trainer seems to be opened to different profiles to reinforce to the picture culé, seems that it already has chosen to his favourite to strengthen this position.