Barcelona has not made too many large movements over the past two summers, but now back within their salary limit, their chances of being able to act on the market have increased the following summer. One of the positions that they reportedly want to strengthen is the left place, and Sporting Director Deco has seen one who has attracted his attention.
The Blaugrana were pushed to the utmost last week by Benfica and won the competition only in Extemis via a last-minute Raphinha strike. No side has put the defense of Barcelona on the sword in the same way in the same way the Portuguese giants, the second team that posted four past Barcelona this season after Osasuna, via a Vanglis Pavlidis Hat-Trick and a goal of Ronald Arajo.
One of the most important architects of Barcelona's problems was the young Norwegian winger Andreas Schjelderup. The 20-year-old formed a dangerous duo with Alvaro Carreras on the left flank and took an assist, broke to the by-line and forced Araujo the ball to put Benfica's fourth goal. After 73 minutes he was completed with the score on 4-2 to the home team. Sport says that Schjelderup caught the attention of Deco, and he instructed the scouts of Barcelona to look at him.
Moving to Benfica in the winter of 2023 for € 9 million, he put back on loan last season in Norway with the club he moved from, Nordsjaelland. However, Schjelderup has more initiates in the Benfica team this season and has made 17 performances this year, scored 3 goals and gave 4 assists. Easy from the ball, pacy and a strong working ethic, he did not give Jules Kounde a shortage of problems. He has a release clause of € 100 million and is represented by Rafaela Pimienta. Barcelona is also linked to his partner on the left, Carreras.
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