Barcelona looking for a successor to Pique? The giant has his eye on bayern iron guard, and he has decided that the annual salary of tens of millions of dollars will not be retained

A few days ago, according to Spain's "Footballer of the Year", Barca president Laporta has begun to look for a replacement for Pique, and the economic constraints have made him target Bayern centre-back Niklas Sule, who can be exempted from signing, and he hopes to get the German international without a visa in the summer.

Barca's current central defender position is very short, Pique is 34 years old, Umtiti and Eric Garcia are long-term illnesses, and now only Lenglet, Mingeza and Araujo can be used, so Laporta hopes to bring in new reinforcements to replace Pique in the defense this summer, and now Barca's economic pressure is really great, although the team's vitality has recovered, but compared to the huge debt, it is still a drop in the bucket, so Laporta is more inclined to waive a new center-back, and his goal is Bayern Munich's center-back Jules.

Jules' contract with Bayer expires in the summer of 2022, and his contract extension with Bayern has not progressed, according to the German newspaper Bild, Bayern has given an annual salary of 10 million euros before tax, but Jules still has not started negotiations with the team. It is clear that the German international is already considering leaving.

Jules is still Bayern's main player this season, in addition to his best center-back position, he also occasionally makes cameo appearances at full-back, which is a plus for Barca, and Xavi also likes to play in multiple positions. And the 1.95-meter-tall Jules, if it arrives, can help Barca to a large extent solve the "air defense hazard" of the defense line, so Laporta is willing to offer a higher level of salary to attract Jules.

Of course, if Jules arrives, Barca still need to clear out some salary space, but Barca also has a way, because French winger Dembele is also at the end of the season, he will basically not renew his contract with Barca, so the possibility of Barca signing Jules at that time is still very high, but the team that wants to compete with Jules is not only Barca, Champions League champions Chelsea are also eyeing, can Barca compete for Chelsea?