“This team desperately needs elite center backs next season. If nothing changes, we will be sitting here watching the same results for the next ten years. » Thierry Henry did not mince his words against FC Barcelona after their elimination in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday evening against Atlético Madrid.
An analysis clearly shared by the Blaugrana management since in recent days, the Alessandro Bastoni rumor has intensified on the Catalan side. Would the Italian defender (27 years old), currently under contract until 2028 at Inter Milan, be a good recruit for the current La Liga leader? This is not the opinion of another 1998 world champion.
Marcel Desailly shoots a Barça target
Interviewed in the podcast The Italian FootballMarcel Desailly believes that the Nerazzurro is not a real rock and still lacks maturity. “He was consistent, he did his job well regardless of the coach. But I don’t think he’s a very high-level international leader. He is a player who knows how to adapt to the system. This is his limit”judges the former Blues player.
“He helped Inter probably win the scudetto this season, thanks to his consistency and his understanding of the game. He plays on the left side, if you want to compare him to (Paolo) Maldini, but he is not even half the level of Maldini,” he blurted. Alessandro Bastoni’s market value is estimated at 70 million euros by the specialist site Transfermarkt.
