DBasia.news – Streamlining the squad has now been the priority of the Catalunya club, FC Barcelona, after the rods purchased players this summer. The mid sector will be an area that will be reduced by the number of players.
This summer Barcelona has recruited Neto, Antoine Griezmann, Frenkie de Jong, Emerson and Junior Firpo. De Jong’s arrival from Ajax Amsterdam added to the dense quantity of Barca players in the midfield.
Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona coach, gave an indication of Barca’s possibility in reducing players in the middle of the game.
“In my opinion, Barcelona has a lot of players in the midfield. Let’s see what will happen, but I don’t know if there are any more purchases or sales,” said Ernesto Valverde.
“In the 2019-2020 season, there will be more competition in the midfield. Including for Arturo Vidal who was an important player for Barcelona last season,” he added.
Arturo Vidal, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic, Rafinha, Philippe Coutinho, Carles Alena, De Jong, Riqui Puig, Arthur, are some of the names that are entrenched in the midfield. So, who will leave between them?
Philippe Coutinho
The patience of Barcelona and fans may be over for the 27-year-old midfielder. According to Sport-English, Philippe Coutinho is on the Barca list of players as he can make a lot of money from selling him to other clubs.
A total of 142 million pounds was spent by Barca to recruit him in January 2018 from Liverpool. His appearance hasn’t developed since then. Naturally, Coutinho has entered Barca’s players sale list.
Ivan Rakitic
His name has been mentioned by European media since the crew of the summer transfer market. Ivan Rakitic is associated with PSG, Inter Milan, and Manchester United. In contrast to Coutinho, fans and Barcelona have no problems with Rakitic.
It’s just that the 31-year-old midfielder has played for Barcelona for five years and won many trophies there. So, it’s time for Rakitic to leave and start a new adventure with other clubs.
Rafinha
His contract expires next year and Barcelona prefers to sell him now instead of releasing him for free next year. Rafinha, 26, has suffered many injuries in his career and rarely played in Barca’s main team.
Rafinha was even loaned to Celta Vigo (2013-14) and Inter (2018). This summer is the right time for Rafinha to leave Barca and look for more playing hours at other clubs.