The Barça coach recalls the need to sign a right-back, given his steadfast stance and Sergiño Dest not in that position.
The transfer market is entering its final stretch to the relief of many coaches, who are willing to turn the page on the transfer market to finalize their roster and focus entirely on the purely competitive aspect. This is the case of Xavi Hernández, whose press conference ahead of the game against Valladolid at the Camp Nou was again marked by speculation about joining and leaving.
“There are different scenarios. I look forward to the end of the market to find out which squad we have. There are still four or five days to go and anything can happen. We have to adapt and manage this situation,” acknowledged the Barça coach, waiting for the signing of Marcos Alonso, but especially a right-back, given the shortcomings of his team on the courts.
“When we see Balde’s projection we have the left back position well covered, on the right back we have Sergi and Dest, but he already knows the situation of the club and my position in relation to him. They will have to play Sergi, Ronald or Jules” he explained.
The Catalan coach avoided warming up about the situation of Gerard Pique, a heavyweight in the Barça dressing room who has not played a minute in Barça’s two official games for the time being. «I spoke to Gerard before we went on holiday. I was clear, I told him that we would strengthen ourselves and that it would not be easy for him. It can help us in a different kind of role. There is competition for everyone. I try to pick the best one to win matches. It depends on your feelings and mine. And how he competes when he has opportunities,” he said of the central defender’s role, relegated by the transfers in the defensive plot.
Everything seems to indicate that Koundé’s entry will be in time for the Frenchman to make his debut for Barca against Valladolid and Xavi is optimistic about that: «We are optimistic. We are confident that we can register it. It’s a matter of squaring numbers.
The culé coach is not even ruling out the long-awaited signing of Bernardo Silva, an issue that seemed to have been parked for good due to the limitations of Laporta’s economic levers to tackle all the problems of the Barça market. “Hope is never lost, but it is difficult. It’s complicated. We are a few days further. There have to be ways out,” the Catalan coach explained, still leaving a halo of hope in the desirable signing of the Portuguese midfielder from Manchester City.
Source: La Verdad
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