Araujo's contract extension is close to a deal, but Barca are still worried about the centre-back. Although there are rumors that Barca have taken on Christensen, in the minds of fans, he has only increased the depth of the team's bench at best and is not the ideal candidate for Araujo's long-term partner. But we know that the current value of players is generally very high, but the value of young players who show a certain talent has basically gone to tens of millions. And a hot supernova like De Ligt, who has reached the top 4 of the Champions League, has a transfer fee of 100 million yuan.
Barca had chased De Ligt that year, but eventually gave up because the cost was too high, and in the end they chose the same young Todibo, with a transfer fee of only 1 million euros. Perhaps desperate to make up for missing De Ligt, Barca fans have high hopes for Todipo as Pique's successor, while Todibo is also full of expectations for his future, and he is determined to gain a foothold at Camp Nou.
As a young player with a low transfer fee, Todibo's path to the main force will be much tougher than the average person. In addition to being more diligent in his usual training, he also needed to show his progress in the limited playing time, but the subsequent development disappointed everyone.
Under the pressure of performance, coupled with immature technical ability, too rash style of handling the ball, Todibo has fewer opportunities. After ending his loan spell in Schalke 04, Todibal returned to Barca to become the team's 4th centre-back. To this end, he did not have less conflicts with the team staff. Such an arrogant attitude made the new officer Koeman quite dissatisfied, and the blunt Dutchman publicly stated that he would not expect Todibo.
Subsequently, Todibo continued his career on loan, going to the Portuguese Premier League to join Benfica, but did not get a chance to play, and the winter window was loaned to Nice. And it was this time on loan, back in Ligue 1, back in the familiar environment, that Todibo's career once again saw the hope of shining.
He quickly settled on the team's lead, and half a season later, Nice decisively opted for an 8.5 million buyout. This season, Todibo has continued to play well, showing momentum of improvement in all aspects of his ability. His physical fitness is already good, he is tall and strong, has outstanding toughness, fast speed, defense is full of elasticity and tension, and has a very good ability to grab. In addition, the previous rashness has improved and has begun to become calm.
On a technical level, Todibal has excellent ball-holding propulsion, and in the game, he frequently carries the ball forward. His long passes and ability to play under pressure are also improving. So far, Todibo has started 30 times in 31 ligue 1 rounds, and has been able to deliver 1.52 steals, 1.45 interceptions and 3.84 clearances, averaging 6.9 points per game, ranking fourth among Ligue 1 centre-backs. Todibo's worth has now risen to 18 million euros, an 18-fold increase from 3 years ago!
With Todibo's current 22-year-old age, coupled with his own good hardware and potential, another 1-2 years of training will definitely become the prey of the giants. Seeing today's development of Todibo, I wonder if barca executives regret their original decision? Because of Todibo's technical characteristics, it is entirely possible that he and Araujo will form a complementary pair of centre-backs to prop up the future of the Barca defence, more than the current Eric Garcia.