Apparently, the Blaugrana team will not make any more signings in this market, although it leaves the book on standby, but in the meantime, the sports director is carrying out other maneuvers that have to do with departures and renewals.
The most striking thing about a player’s market are the new facesand in this case Mateu Alemany brought 3 important signings to FC Barcelona. These are those of: Ilkay Gundogan, midfielder, Iñigo Martínez, defender, and Vitor Roque, striker. Although the latter will join the culé entity within a year, according to the agreement with Atlético Paranaense.
In Alemany and Xavi’s agenda there are quite a few players to sign, but the reality is that for the moment that folder is suspended. Now him sports director He will concentrate on carrying out other procedures clearly in the current squad led by Mr. Egarense. Specifically, there are 5 pending operations (2 renewals and 3 exits) that need urgent attention.
These three players are already with a foot and a half out of FC Barcelona, says Mateu Alemany
The three chosen by the manager, the president and the coach are: Clément Lenglet, Álex Collado and Nico González. The trio of footballers have one factor in common and that is that none of them played in Xavi’s squad last season. They were all on loan, the Frenchman at Tottenham Hotspur, the second at Elche CF, and the A Coruña native at Valencia CF.
Alemany already manages the departure of these, which have their destinations defined. The former Sevilla will return to the London club where they will execute a kind of indirect purchase option. As for Collado, he already has everything arranged with Betis, where Pellegrini gave him the ok. Finally there is the former Valencia, the only one that will not be sold but transferred, and the clubs that are most pressing are Girona and Porto.
Finally we go to the renewals of FC Barcelona where Mateu Alemany has it very clear
The first thing that Xavi asked for among his requests, beyond specific signings, is to maintain a squad based on youth and talent. To this extent, the renewal of left-back Alejandro Balde is more than essential, especially considering that Jordi Alba has left the Catalan side. Although Marcos Alonso is still there, the coach will continue to opt for the 19-year-old.
This latest contractual extension is not directly that of a player clearly at the service of Xavi, but also of Rafa Márquez and Óscar López. The latter is the coach of Juvenil A Barcelona, where Lamine Yamal is, the next star and biggest promise of the culé team at the moment. Mateu Alemany’s idea is to sign the boy’s new contract, so that he can play for Barca Atléti, and eventually for the first team.