Barcelona manager Hansi Flick is forced to adjust his plans in the last week for their La Liga debut, after the departure of defensive Lynchpin Inigo Martinez. The Basque defender ended his deal with the Catalan giants before completing a move to Saudi Arabia to join Cristiano Ronaldo to Al-Nassr.
It was a loss that Flick hit hard, where Martinez offered a general-like presence in his backline and often set the line for their acclaimed offside trap. With the 34-year-old, however, somewhat space in Barcelona's salary limit, while they want to register to register Marcus Rashford and Joan Garcia, although President Joan Laporta has added to doubts about their ability to do this before the start of La Liga.
Although it is not predicted that they will take a step for a branch of Inigo Martinez, Sport says that it is not entirely off the table that they bring in a defender. First and foremost, the registrations of Garcia, Rashford and new contracts for Gerard Martin, Marc Bernal and Wojciech Szczesny.
They say that the younger Roenon Bardghji, who has arrived from Copenhagen, will probably be registered as a Barca Atletic player for the time being. Sport explains that director of Football Deco is now leaving on the market to see if a player under the age of 23 could come and also be registered with Barca Atletic, with a chance to also play for the Senior Side.
They say that the most likely scenario is that nothing happens, but that film wants an extra option on the back. Currently, Flick Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen, Pau Cubarsi and Eric Garcia as options at Center-Back, but both Garcia and Jules Kounde are planned to play right back for the most part.
Araujo and Christensen have been an injury-sensitive in the past year or two, hence perhaps the use of left back Gerard Martin in the preseason. Sergi Dominguez, the Barca Atletic Center-Back that is the most called up last season, has been sold, while Andres Cuenca and Alexis Olmedo are the most obvious names to perform.