A few days ago, according to Spain's "Mr. Footballer", Barca coach Xavi called off the transfer operation of the team's poaching AC Milan midfielder Casey, and he also recommended his favorite target to president Laporta, that is, Inter Milan's Croatian marcelo Brozovic, who also expired at the end of the season.
Barca have been trying to poach Milan's midfielder Casey because his contract is about to expire at the end of the season, and the renewal of Casey's contract with Milan is basically useless, because he asks for an annual salary of 8.5 million euros, which is unacceptable to Milan, but Barca, who have recovered a lot next season, can offer this salary. And once Casey nods, Barca will be able to get the all-round midfielder who is valued at 48 million at the German Transfer Market website for 0 transfer fees at the end of the season.
But Harvey wasn't interested in Casey. Casey's performance in Milan is good, his body is excellent, his physical fitness is also very good, and his confrontation ability is particularly outstanding, but his AC Milan is an impact team, but in the eyes of Xavi, who is the top passing master in the player era, Although Casey's advantages are outstanding, his style and technical level will be difficult to adapt to at Barca, so he stopped Barca's trade to poach Casey, but recommended another candidate to Laporta, that is, Inter Milan Brozovic.
Like Casey, Brozovic is also the end of the season contract expired, he is 29 years old, four years older than Casey, from the age point of view, he can maintain the peak state after joining the time will be much shorter, but Xavi does not mind this, he emphasizes the team's immediate combat strength next season, Brozovic is comprehensive, the technology is also very good, its running ability is the top in Serie A, even under the French international Kante, in Inter his position is mainly to drag the midfield, the coverage is also very large. The key thing is that he is much better than Casey in terms of passing, so Xavi believes that Brozovic is the one who is more suitable for Barca.
According to Mr. Footballer, Barca will offer Brozovic a contract with an annual salary of 8 million euros, a figure that will satisfy the Croatia international. Interestingly, Casey just led Milan to a 2-1 win over Brozovic's Inter in last week's Milan derby, but even so, he still couldn't get into Xavi's eyes.