Forget Sanchez, Rossi and Fabregas, Barcelona need to buy a centre back
Since the arrival of Josep Guardiola at the Nou Camp, Barcelona have been active in the transfer market. In his first season Josep Guardiola bought http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Henrique-c16069. Besides these signings, three players were promoted to the first team; Sergio Busquets, Pedro Rodriguez and Jeffren Suarez.
The Catalan Giants relied too much on the “new way” introduced by Josep Guardiola – the tika-taka style of play. The team tried to keep most of the possession of the ball to tire its opponents. This style of play suited all the players included in the team especially players like Xavi Hernandez, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296. With an extraordinary first touch, these players were phenomenal in this style of play and helped the team win six trophies in a single season.
After winning three consecutive Spanish La Liga trophies, Josep Guardiola showed that he is the perfect man for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029 – he still managed to win the Spanish La Liga.
Guardiola showed that he is a manager who is not afraid of taking risks up front but he showed that he relied too much on a few players. Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez are two of those players without whom the Catalan Giants suffer a lot. While Lionel Messi is the one scoring most of the goals for the Spanish Champions, Xavi Hernandez pulls the strings.
Currently Barcelona are active in the transfer market. They have won a double after winning the domestic league and the UEFA Champions League. There is no doubt that they are one of the best teams in the world right now and many players want to sign up for them. However, the question which comes in everyone’s mind is the fact whether they have the place for players they are demanding for? (http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 and Cesc Fabregas)
In case Rossi joins Barcelona, David Villa will move to the left wing while Lionel Messi will move to the right. This would mean that Barcelona will lose a consistent goal scorer and a team player in the shape of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 and Andres Iniesta.
Currently the only player who can replace Xavi Hernandez is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888 Alcantara. The Italian born Spanish is an outstanding talent and if Barcelona can wait for him to develop there is definitely no need to buy Cesc Fabregas.
The Udinese winger Alexis Sanchez is also rumoured to be joining the Spanish Champions. He sounds like a good replacement for Lionel Messi but since Josep Guardiola is already relying too much on the Argentine and Andres Iniesta can also operate on the wings, there is no doubt that Sanchez might be sitting out his career on the bench while playing for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
What the Catalan Giants really need at the moment is a centre back. The Spanish Champions needed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 throughout the season. Eric Abidal is also 31 and he is also close to the end of his career despite giving out a phenomenal performance throughout the season.
The only replacements left for Barcelona in the centre back position is either; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Milito-c14321 - who has been more like a liability at the back; or it can be the young Andreu Fontas who is still to be tested at a bigger stage.
The Spanish Champions really need to focus on the depth of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 line because they are already too vulnerable when Carles Puyol sits on the bench for a particular game.
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