The 27-year-old central defender from Milan, who would arrive for free at the end of his contract, is Barcelona’s cover to reinforce the central line next season.
The situation
Barcelona has been monitoring the Italian central defender for a long time, Alessio Romagnoli (27), who would be the great cover for the Blaugrana club to reinforce the defense. In fact, the negotiations, which are being carried out personally by Mateu Alemany, have already begun. The player would come at zero cost: the contract ends on June 30, 2022, and has the endorsement of the technicians, who consider him the perfect generational replacement to be Ronald Araújo’s partner for the next five years. In addition, the operation has the factor in its favor that its representative is Mino Raiola, a person who has a great affinity with the president Joan Laporta. Xavi Hernandez is aware that one of the lines that the team most urgently needs to strengthen is the rearguard. Throughout the season, the defensive line has shown shortcomings and weaknesses, both on the wings and in the central axis, which the team needs to solve as soon as possible, if it wants to compete for titles next season.
Important details
To reinforce the defense, Barcelona already has Chelsea’s Danish central defender, Andreas Christensen, who arrives with the letter of freedom under his arm, has the endorsement of the technicians, who value his ability to take out the controlled ball although he is also It is true that in recent games he has exhibited certain gaps in the game that have left a trace of concern in the Blaugrana club about his future performance and his ability to assimilate the pressure of playing for a club like Barcelona It would still be necessary, in any case, to reinforce the bands for the next course. In this section, the Chelsea captain, Cesar Azplicueta, in the right lane, and Celta’s left back, Javi Galan, are the main options handled by the technical secretariat after the frustrated signing of Rudiger, who has all the numbers to finish in Madrid.