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Koundé fighting a ball with Ferran Torres

'CHANGE OF GUARD' IN THE DEFENSE

Revolution behind Barça: The center of defense dreamed of by Xavi

Published:13/06/2022 - 20:16h

Updated:14/06/2022 - 00:01h

Barca's central defense will look different from next season. After the arrival of Christensen, the Catalans hope to get Koundé or Koulibaly, in addition to giving more weight to Eric and Araújo and relegating Piqué to the bench

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The FC Barcelona schedules to give him a 'washed of expensive' to the staff of the hand of Xavi Hernández. The trainer egarense has recognised the feeblest zones of his group and has aimed the defence like one of the main demarcations to reinforce. The Barcelona and his technician want to restructure the centre of the saga of the team, by what have done with Andreas Christensen (that it will arrive like free agent) and have taken the decision to remove him the titularity to Gerard Hammered, waiting for concretising the arrival of a defender more.

The favourite of Hernández is the central of the Seville Joules Koundé. The French is one of the figures of the directed by Lopetegui and is one of the players with greater projection of face to the future. Nevertheless, his operation antoja, in principle, very complicated, since the nervionenses will not put eases to the hour to negotiate his traspaso after having lost to Diego Carlos in hands of the Aston Villa. Likewise, Chelsea will bid with strength to do with his services for suplir the drops of Christensen and Rüdiger, what will mean a big obstacle for the culés due to the fact that they can not compete against the financial muscle of the londinenses.

Thus, from Can Barça handle the name of Kalidou Koulibaly as alternative 'low cost'. The Senegalese would be request expresses of the trainer of Terrassa. The footballer of the Naples finishes his bond with the south entity of Italy in the 2023 and would see with good eyes an exit of Diego Armando Maradona after having contested 8 seasons dressing the celestial T-shirt, being the Barça as one of his favourite destinations. The player already would have conversed with Xavi on the sportive project of the club and his signing is a possibility.

Finally, the two only central that have his continuity in the City Condal ensured are Eric García and Ronald Araújo. Both figures are fundamental pieces in the planning of the entity for the future, and the intensión so much of the club as of his technician is to give him more 'chevrons' to the two 'jewels' during this campaign. The Uruguayan will face his third season in the first team after having extended his bond with the Catalans until 2026, whereas García expects to follow increasing the confidence of his trainer in which it will be his second course in the Camp Nou.

It works in the 'operation gone out'

On the other hand, in Can Barça work in giving him gone out to three defenders that do not go in in the plans of Xavi for the following campaign. Óscar Mingueza, Clément Lenglet and Samuel Umtiti will leave to be players of the FC Barcelona from the next year, with the two first aiming to England and the ex of the Lyon looking for destination. Of equal form, in spite of having lost his place in the eleven initial, Hammered does not pretend to abandon the club and expects to recover his place along the season.