The situation
Xavi Hernández is still waiting for the arrival of reinforcements on the wings. And not only on the right side, where the club now concentrates a good part of its efforts, but also on the left wing. And it is that, despite the fact that the coach himself has recognized in a press conference that the left-handed lane is well covered with Jordi Alba and Alejandro Balde, the truth is that the club continues to work piecework to make a salary gap for the incorporation by Mark Alonso. this week contacts were intensified with the Chelsea defender to reassure him and assure him that the options of him landing in Barcelona are still open .That does not mean that the Blaugrana club is not evaluating other candidates on the left wing, because if the financial ‘fair play’ did not give enough margin to incorporate Marcos Alonso, they would go with everything for the Celta side, Javi Galán , which has a much lower chip than the first. If not in the end neither of the two could occur, Barcelona would consider the chapter of reinforcements on the left side closed. On the other hand, in the right lane there is an urgent need for a incorporation, especially since Sergi Roberto is not a pure full-back and the other two options are even less so, since both Ronald Araújo and Jules Koundé are center-backs converted to full-backs on time . Given this situation, and totally ruled out the possibility of Sergiño Dest, the club is looking for the best solution. The number one candidate is Villarreal’s Argentine winger, Juan Foyth.
The details
However, the high pretensions of the ‘groguet’ club, which would not let him leave for less than 20 million euros, could end up ruining the operation. The second name on the list is Héctor Bellerín, a former Barcelona academy player who could arrive for free from Arsenal. Who right now the technicians do not contemplate is the Rennes winger, Hamari Traoré, who according to some information from France was on the Blaugrana club’s radar. Where all the parties do agree is in the extreme difficulty of facing the signing of Bernardo Silva . While City considers it completely closed, in Barcelona they still maintain a thread of hope, although almost with a small mouth, aware that time is clearly playing against them.