For this summer transfer window, FC Barcelona has once again experienced intense weeks, and Deco has not spared its efforts to prepare the second season of Hansi Flick on the bench. As for arrivals, the Blaugrana club has already secured the signatures of goalkeeper Joan García, the English striker Marcus Rashford and the young Swedish talent Roony Bardghji, promise for the future for the offensive wing. The movement was also important in the direction of departures, with the sales of Álex Valle, Pau Víctor, Clément Lenglet and Ansu Fati, allowing both to lighten the wage bill and to generate liquidity to strengthen the workforce. In the background, the club also had to deal with the delicate file of Marc-André Ter Stegen, whose injury and contractual management weighed on the sports and financial planning of the summer.
According to the Catalan daily life SportFC Barcelona considers that its workforce is practically completed more than fifteen days from the closure of the transfer market, even if a last minute movement is not excluded. Hansi Flick, despite the departure of íñigo Martínez, believes to have linings in all positions, but keeps in mind that the season will be long and that the defensive sector could suffer. The German coach must soon meet the sports director Deco in order to assess the available options, both sporting and financially. The club especially wishes to lose other players, which would strongly limit its room for maneuver, and directs its research towards a defender under 23 with a strong potential for progression.
Deco wants to smell the right blow
Sport emphasizes that Deco had to deal with the complexity of liga registrations again and does not yet know if he will be able to record all players before August 31. The absolute priority is to assign a number to Joan García, expected to start as a holder on the first day, then finalize the registrations of Wojciech Szczęsny and Marcus Rashford. The club is confident to integrate these two reinforcements, the first benefiting from the injury of Ter Stegen and the second thanks to the funds already collected. Subsequently, it will be necessary to validate the integration into the professional group of Gerard Martín and Marc Bernal, in accordance with their contracts, while Bardghji should maintain a player status for the reserve team until January.
The sports management has received several days of very high -level defenders in recent days from clubs with a surplus in this position, including for loans. However, Barcelona does not plan to recruit an confirmed international player, except in the case of an exceptional opportunity at almost zero cost, which is not currently the case. The privileged option remains that of a young player to recruit for a reasonable amount, capable of evolving as well with the reserve team as with the first team, thus facilitating its registration. Flick, who lost his most experienced defender, will give his final approval, but the club will undoubtedly wait for the end of the second day of Liga and the evolution of the state of health of the workforce before deciding.
