As we announced yesterday afternoon, Gerard Piqué has announced his retirement. The center of FC Barcelona He will leave the culé team after tomorrow’s game and will forgive a sum of around 50 million euros to the Blaugrana team, as a sign of his commitment to the club. Many reports have indicated that Piqué could have made this decision in a rush for reasons related to different judicial investigations and other matters of that nature.
But leaving aside the rumors, the truth is that Piqué will leave football and that Barça will need to have a new central defender to reinforce the defense, which is devoid of aid with the departure of the famous Spanish defender. An emotional stick for the squad, but a relief for the Barça treasury, which stops carrying the enormous weight of Piqué’s salary, which will also give the Camp Nou team greater room for maneuver to bring in a replacement, considering several names in this sense.
-The three centrals that Barça follows
– Inigo Martinez: He is the most desired by the culé team for a long time. The center of Athletic Club of Bilbao He has shown on many occasions to be forceful and has a very good ball output. He is having a very good season with the lions and Barça considers that it is the best time to get him. However, the situation is complicated, since it is a very difficult signing.
-Milan Skriniar: Closely followed by the Paris Saint-Germainthe Slovak has not yet renewed with the Inter de Milan, who is eager for the talented central defender to stay with the Giuseppe Meazza team, and his contract ends at the end of the season. The Nerazzurri are still working on it, but everything indicates that he could leave while PSG push. In spite of everything, the French could have the competition of the FC Barcelona, that also has interest in his signing.
-Josko Gvardiol: The center of RB Leipzig he is one of the big names in Europe, so it is logical that he is on Barça’s list as a possible replacement for Gerard Piqué. The Chelsea He is also interested in signing the Croatian, because the German team’s defender, in addition to having great quality, is very young, which makes the transfer even more attractive.