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Barca want to sign defensive midfielder in January, four  options named (reliability: 4 stars)

 are interested in signing a holding midfielder in the winter transfer window.

The Catalans are exploring four options: 

, a 25-year-old Mexican who plays for Ajax, 

, a 23-year-old Real Sociedad midfielder, Wolves' 

If the report is true, it might mean that Xavi does not see 

 as players good enough to play in a holding role for Barcelona.

'I see him in a more advanced role': Xavi reflects on playing De Jong in Busquets position

"Because of his potential, I see him in a more advanced role although he’s very good in defence," 

's best position, as quoted by Football Espana.

"I think he can be differential at an offensive level… the other day he had a great game. He has to be important, I like him and he has tremendous potential. 

"I see that when the game is front of him he sees it better. You have to play him facing the opposition.

"It changes more in terms of how the opposition plays. The other day Frenkie was the free man and he understood that well, he managed to get on the ball a lot. Many times that position is marked.

"In a pivot position there are a lot of things to consider, you have to do a lot of things defensively, to make covering runs. You have to choose the right pass to get out. Frenkie did well.

 is a master. He knows where to be all the time, he robs the ball, for me Busi will continue to be important."

Many Barca fans are calling on Xavi to drop Busquets as his lack of pace has been exposed numerous times in recent years, especially against big teams.

De Jong offers defensive solidity but for some reason, Xavi has given him just six starts so far this season.

'I feel comfortable': De Jong explains playing the Busquets role and why Xavi subbed him off

's midfield in their 3-0 win against Villarreal - it's the role popularly known as the 

Asked what it feels like playing that position, the Dutchman said: 

"I don't care where I play. I feel comfortable when I am involved in the game and touch the ball a lot. And today I did."

On his second half sub, De Jong said: “I was tired today. I had a small problem with my knee and that's why they took me off.  

"I will train and recover, then I will be fine,” the midfielder added. 

Frenkie was easily one of Barca's best players on the pitch in the game against Villarreal. 

The midfielder came off to a rousing ovation from the Camp Nou crowd. 

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I am starting to feel Xavi doesn’t rate African players because Kessie and Ansu deserves to play. Kessie & Gavi should be playing that CM position. Kessie enters the box more to score but Gavi is a beautiful retriever

Phemy Coded

Xavi is afraid to fail, the starting 11 that gave him first win in league is what he believes in. 



And he has failed already.  


When athletico, Sevilla and co gains form then we all gonna know that that second is not even certain at the end of the season.

Zeez Casual

Lawrence Decker

You are rather mad speak well masa he is the coach who is training them and he don’t trust them in that position what is the madness in this 👀

JOSEPH KANKAM

Masa stop this jokes if you don’t have anything to say

You are the one who doesn’t know shit, As a coach you give other players opportunities to showcase themselves, Kessie is a midfield maestro and more experienced than Gavi. It is obvious that Xavi is trying to build a team that will dominate Spanish team too damn fucking obvious and it cost us Champions league. You can’t play Gavi in all matches allow others to show forth what they’ve got as a footballer. Ansu-Fati need constant game time to pick that massive form but yet he bring him @ 75 mins when the pressure is too much and to be creative becomes difficult.

A teacher can be fucking wrong, student have proved teacher’s wrong multiple times don’t be adamant listen to correction. olodo

what did u guys fucking kessie play yesterday like this app is even making me somehow hate the guy anytime he enters the pitch he does nothing just look at the way our game changed yesterday when gavi was not longer on the pitch the way we recovered ball was much better while gavi was there unlike during kessie time I know he's good but presently he hasn't convinced anyone yet including xavi

śàïñtlųmžý

who are you to say the team can't win the league toxic fan claiming to be a fan and yet wishing the team out of top 4 ,at times I just imagine the type of fans we have on this app sorry to say but it's fact

Don’t mind them leave those blind funs that kessi guy has not adapt to the system so you people should let us think abeg

If xavi can’t see kessie and de jong in that position that’s mean xavi is mad.  


With all the money and risk we took to put this team back to shape we still find it hard to qualify for knockout stage 

Nonsense.

In all honesty, I really do not understand why Barca but Belerin. That guy has to go at end of season but I understand we need money to balance the sheet.

because he's Spanish and has been wasting at   his formal club, and one of the reasons xavi was brought to Barcelona was to bring back all Spanish Dead woods playing abroad so to make his chances of coaching the Spanish national team easy for him self after lewis Enrique, I think that's the only reason why xavi will be doing what his doing at the moment, and I have said it weather most of us , culers like it or not, xavi can't make a good coach for Barcelona, even if you buy  hundred Messi's for Barcelona, because he lack's all the good quality of a coach, the little success of last season am talking of the second place finish, wasn't because of his effort, but the collective efforts of those plays who came in last minute, people like Memphis, abameyang, ansu fati , because they all just wanted to make names for themselves, and not do to xavi's technical inputs. for me leave xavi in charge of Barcelona for the next ten seasons he can't do more than he's doing right now, or the best he can do is to make excuses upon excuses after every game. end of story, take it or leave it.

barcelonafan1639932912062420013

Xavi is not bad as a coach just that he need to stop this mentality of dominating Spain national team with Barca and focus on the feasible achievement

Nonsense post
 De jong is the ideal 4 for Barcelona present and future

Rightback and central back are our wickedness points this season so far 
especially after Araujo, Christensen and kounde out

now Kounde is back
but the later two, hasn't

Roberto is out and now only amateur  Bellerin is the available Right back around

Xavi can't even dare use him against Bayern Munich

we need defender  mostly NOW?

Daddy Bolaji Mabub

Fobam Global  Cool 

a real coach can't say that de jong and kessi are not good players that's noncese totally madness, even if you bring those guy still he won't count on them but only spainian players.

Charles Kapopo

this is not building xavi need those players and the board of our team barcelona tryed on means to buy him those players he needed but still not using them in right way

Player		G
Artem Dovbyk	Girona	19
Alexander Sørloth	Villarreal	17
Jude Bellingham	Real Madrid	17
Ante Budimir	Osasuna	16
Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	16

Barca want to sign defensive midfielder in January, four options named (reliability: 4 stars)

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