The Barcelona club captain, Carles Puyol, is currently out injured and their sporting director believes that he will soon have a talk with him for a contract renewal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 suffered a knee injury again, right before the end of last season. Puyol has been having a knee problem for quite some time now, and that is the reason why he could not take part in the Euro 2012 campaign of the Spanish national team.
Last season, Barcelona suffered a lot because of their lack of defensive options. Carles Puyol played for most of the season but Eric Abidal was out injured for a long time while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerard-c14664 Pique also picked up a few knocks throughout the season.
The Argentinean star, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071, was usually the player who filled in Pique’s vacant spot in the centre-back role.
The Catalan giants lost their coach, Josep Guardiola, after last season and now they have a new coach, Tito Vilanova, who will be taking control of affairs at the Nou Camp.
Vilanova has already decided to lure in at least two defensive players and one of them has already been signed and he is considered to be one of the best full-backs in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordi-Alba-c19111.
Carles Puyol had a knee operation during this summer break and he is not expected to start for Barcelona as they kick-start their season in August.
Vilanova is expected to sign one more defensive player during this summer transfer window. The Catalan giants have already approached http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the
near future.
While speaking about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-c8330 Puyol’s contract renewal, Barcelona’s sporting director said that the Spanish centre-back has given a lot to Barcelona and he will soon sit down and have a talk with the injured star.
While addressing the press, Zubizarreta said:
"Puyol's case goes beyond a simple contract renewal, for his history at the club and what he means to it.”
"Once this week is over, we will sit down with him to find out what he thinks, what he wants and reach an agreement."
Barcelona will be starting their season in August and their first match is against Real Sociedad.
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