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Barcelona completing £158million double transfer for Manchester United star & Jose Mourinho target could finally give them midfield to replace Xavi and Iniesta

Ifeanyi ifeakachi at July 10, 2018 0

Barcelona are being linked with some new midfielders at the moment as the club goes through something of a mini crisis in a position in which they’ve historically been so strong.

The Catalan giants have just lost legendary playmaker Andres Iniesta this summer, following the departure of Xavi just three years ago.

Together, that duo were instrumental in Barcelona and Spain’s success in the late 00s and early 10s, and it looks a near impossible job to replace them.However, Barcelona may have a good deal of money to spend this summer as they’re linked with some big-name solutions in the transfer market.
However, Barcelona may have a good deal of money to spend this summer as they’re linked with some big-name solutions in the transfer market.

A report today from Mundo Deportivo has linked them with 23-year-old Lazio star Sergej Milinkovic-Savic in a potential £70million move.

The Serbia international looks one of the best young players in the world and has the skill, technique and intelligence to play that creative midfield role to perfection for Barca.

He has long been linked with Manchester United, however, as Jose Mourinho could also do with a new signing in midfield.

United and Real Madrid have been linked with the player in a report by Il Messaggero, translated by talkSPORt
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United’s need for a midfielder could be even greater if they lose Paul Pogba this summer, with the France international seemingly another name on Barcelona’s radar.

After a frustrating season at Old Trafford it would be little surprise if the 25-year-old were to move on, with Diario Gol claiming United would ask for £88m for him this summer.

That shouldn’t be too much for Barcelona, who have been linked with Pogba by Don Balon as Ernesto Valverde also looks to replace Paulinho, who has just left on loan for Guangzhou Evergrande.

Together, the £158m duo could be a superb partnership who’d complement each other perfectly and bring Barcelona a properly world class combination in the middle of the park again.
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While they will never be Xavi and Iniesta, they may be the best realistic bet for the club at the moment if both are available.

Pogba, of course, has not looked himself at United but has shown enough from his time at Juventus that he can be a world class performer in the right team, and he’d have more freedom to express himself at the Nou Camp than under Mourinho at Old Trafford.

If the Portuguese is foolish enough to not see that potential and let him go this summer, £158m for both players could actually end up being a real bargain for Barca.

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Iniesta is past: Barça negotiates with his substitute (and it's not Arthur)

Ifeanyi ifeakachi at May 19, 2018 0

The entity that presides Josep Maria Bartomeu is working against the clock to ensure this summer the arrival of a player who can pick up the captain's witness.

The stage of Andrés Iniesta at Barça is already inexorably coming to an end. The Barcelona captain will play his last game with the team that currently trains Ernesto Valverde next Sunday against Real Sociedad. That will be the duel with which he will bid farewell to a Camp Nou in which he has left a great impression . So much so, that the entity that presides over Josep Maria Bartomeu is costing horrors to give a relief to his height. Although, in recent days, it is accelerating the arrival of a player who can approach. And it's not the Brazilian Arthur .

Christian Eriksen has now become the main goal of Josep Maria Bartomeu's Barça with a view to next summer. The Danish midfielder Tottenham is now one of the top favorites to give a fresh look to the center of the Barca field and partly pick up the witness of Iniesta . The Brazilian Philippe Coutinho , signed in part as relay of the manchego, has already shown that he feels much more comfortable if he can play in more advanced positions.

The Danish, meanwhile, lets himself be loved . In public ensures that everything that is told about his signing for the club azulgrana, something that would allow him to play next to the Argentine Leo Messi , are nothing but rumors. Although, yes, the truth is that Eriksen says it with a smile from ear to ear . Will the player who is now playing more as a relay of Iniesta ever closer to actually reach the Camp Nou?

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They want to throw them out." Leo Messi angry with the board

Ifeanyi ifeakachi at May 16, 2018 0

The club is a tragedy trapped in a paradox.

On the one hand, it maintains the sport line of moderate success, but Madrid's hegemony in Europe detracts from any of its titles. On the other hand, the board of directors lives in a constant fight with the players that seems to want to eliminate all of Laporta's legacy .

That the quarry is no longer a value to take into account is very clear, but apart from this reality, Barça is also losing heavy weights of better times. The only unquestionable player in the squad is Leo Messi , and even he wants to weaken him in the locker room.

The Argentine has Luis Suárez as best friend and partner in the club, and the Uruguayan is included in the list of players to be banned by the board. This is what ensures Messi's surroundings : "They want to kick him out". Suarez plays a ball at BarÃ§a Roma / EFE

Suarez plays a ball at BarÃ§a Roma / EFE

Messi will be the captain of Barça next year, and the bracelet will give him a power within the sports city Joan Gamper even more unstoppable than he has now in the entire institution Barcelonista.

Next to him will be Piqué, Busquets and Jordi Alba or Suárez . Messi prefers to choose his attack partner, and the Culé leadership does not want to allow it. They know that the charrúa is a danger to his image and that with that three captains the real leaders of the club would be the players.

For that reason, and claiming that in January he will turn 32, from the sports management of FC Barcelona it is considered that Suarez can leave this summer if there is a good offer. They argue that their performance this year has shown its clear decline, as well as not having been a determining factor in the Champions League .

Suarez was 6 months without playing anything else to reach the Camp Nou in a clear commitment to the club, but now he finds that it is the weakest link for the board. Only Messi's protection can save him.

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Iniesta at Barça: last minute offer (and it's not China,)

Ifeanyi ifeakachi at May 08, 2018 0

He was ovationed from his last Classic and with the score in favor (2-1) although finally the duel against Real Madrid ended in a draw (2-2). At the end of the duel, Zinedine Zidane waited for him to finish talking to the media to congratulate him and give him a big hug.

A few days before, in the final of the Copa del Rey , Andrés Iniesta scored his last Barça goal. In a final, against Sevilla and achieving a historic result (0-5). If it were not for the black spot of Rome , the manchego would have had a perfect end in the FC Barcelona .

It has marked a before and after in the history of Spanish football. The goal of the World Cup in Spain bears his name and symbolized, together with Xavi Hernández, the change of style of Barça and the Spanish team .

Iniesta is one of the key figures of the last decade. Without him, all the successes of Pep Guardiola's Barça , or the triplet of Luis Enrique or the magnificent triumphs of Spain in the Eurocup (2008 and 2012) and the World Cup in South Africa 2010 would not be understood .

He is a living legend of sports and, at almost 34 years old, he continues to show signs of being at a prodigious level. Neither the Barça de Valverde could be undefeated in League without Andres.

He is a discreet leader. Of those who do not raise their voices or offer great statements, but who always row in the right direction.

Much is the competition that has brought him to the Camp Nou. And none has been able to compete with him: Arda Turan, André Gomes, Denis Suárez or, now, Coutinho.

The Brazilian star, the most expensive signing in the history of Barça, is still far from offering the benefits provided by Iniesta. The manchego is one of those who always make the right decision.

For this reason, and despite his age, Iniesta is master and lord of his future. He announced that he is leaving Barça but it is still not clear where he will go. The China issue has cooled.

Apparently, the manchego asked for exuberant amounts: 20 million euros net per season . A money that from the Asian giant no longer seem willing to pay.

The Chongqing Dangdai Lifan has admitted to being in dealings with Iniesta, but apparently for commercial reasons. The sale of wines in a big way is going from strength to strength.

Another thing is that the Fuentealbillamoves to play there, and take his whole family with the change of life that implies. That still does not see it clear. The good thing is that you have a choice.

Guardiola wants it

Another very succulent proposal that Iniesta has on the table and values comes from Pep Guardiola . The Catalan coach has always felt a special devotion for Andy . This has been transmitted on countless occasions: before, during and after being a coach of Barça . And he did it recently, recognizing that Iniesta has taught him many things.

The Manchester City also has different people in structure, as Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano, also well known to Iniesta.

That is why they offered him some time ago to be part of the citizen project . With the possibility of playing in the City and, in the near future, go directly to the MLS with his friend David Villa.

The main objective is that in the long run I sign for the New York City, although it would be in Andrés's hands to try a year or two in the Premier. From Manchester, they remind you.