Last night, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola announced at the pre-match press conference that the transfer of the team's striker Ferran Torres to Barcelona is about to be completed, which also means that the Spanish striker will become the first player in Xavi's tenure to be officially recruited. Judging from the direction of purging and reinforcements, Xavi's team building plan has been slowly revealed, or he is the key figure in Barca's revival.
According to well-known journalist Gerald Romero, Barcelona has listed players to be purged in this year's winter window, and some players have been lying on this list since Valverde's time, but they have not been successfully purged due to contract reasons. Among them, Xavi's most desired player is still Umtiti, the World Cup winner who can no longer support high-intensity competition will become the first person Xavi to purge, followed by Coutinho, who has failed to find a position and status in the team, luc De Jong, and the last surprising is right-back Dest.
I believe that the first three players who were purged are easy to understand, but Durst's departure is not empty, and Durst is currently getting closer and closer to Bayern Munich, and the player is expected to complete the transaction in the form of a loan or direct transfer. Before the player joined Barca, the player had transferred to the South King at one point.
In addition, Romero also said that the team's reinforcements in the forward side have basically been fixed, the previous rumors of Werner and Cavani have become dead ends, basically no progress, but the transfer fee may be as high as 65 million euros, Ferran Torres' transfer is about to be completed, coupled with the current Ugra, Abd, Ansufati and Depay and Braysvet, healthy Barcelona is not worried about the forward problem.
One of the most important pieces of news is the team's intention to bring in De Ligt, the top centre-back who almost joined the team in 2019, in the winter window. Over the past many years, the team has been buying on the front line, and even the midfield has introduced superstars, but in the position of center-back, for many years, only Pique has a positive central defender, and the rest are either failing or turning to the back.
Coupled with the fact that Pique is already in his advanced stage, it is imperative to bring in a top centre-back, and in the previous meeting between the Barcelona executives and the famous agent Raiola, the two sides did not only negotiate dortmund star Haaland, but also discussed in depth the possibility of De Ligt's transfer, because the players in the Bianconeri also seem to be in a state of stagnation. And in the previous interview with Raiola, the predator also specifically mentioned Barcelona, which shows that the two sides do have the possibility of discussing transfers.
From the perspective of reinforcements and purges, Harvey's team is more based on the team's economy, introducing the necessary frontcourt terminators, because there is no lack of opportunities in the team, but the lack of players who have left the finisher position after Messi's departure; in addition, it is also based on the future, considering that the center-backs, in addition to Pique, lack of center-backs who can sit in the main force for a long time and have the ability to fight, are bent on introducing De Ligt.