The winter market is the second chance for the different teams to find the missing pieces to win the title and FC Barcelona has wasted no time. With several names in the list of discards of Ronald Koeman that are destined to become box sooner or later during this month of January to sign the new members of the club culé.
With the elections just around the corner, there are many speculations about the Dutchman’s permanence on the Camp Nou bench, however, his stay has been practically confirmed until the end of the season. That is why the technician has begun to move his pieces and the first exit that is in the process of closing in the Camp Nou, is that of Junior Firpo, who already has some offers on the table that have attracted the attention not only of the club but of the player.
One of the teams interested in taking over the defender is West Ham which this week has shown that it seriously wants to have him among its ranks, with the possibility of assuming the cost of his signing during this first week of January, and that is after the injury Arthur Masuaku, David Moyes has placed the arrival of Junior to the team in first place.
With a cost set at 20 million euros by Koeman’s team, the English club is willing to take over the defender. On the other hand, the situation in Barcelona with the player is delicate due to the lack of minutes and confidence, although he has managed to make excellent performances in recent weeks with some assists included in the last clash that helped to rescue a point, the plans Koeman’s remain unchanged and his departure is more than declared.
The solution for Koeman
Several have been the teams that have shown their interest in Firpo. In Serie A they closely follow the left-handed side of FC Barcelona, one of them is Inter Milan, a team that aims to end the Juve dynasty, and having a player of this level in their ranks would be an excellent strategy to make it.
Naples or Granada would also be aware of the defender and his discomfort at Barcelona due to the lack of confidence that the culé club has shown in the season. For their part, at the Camp Nou they only have one option regarding the player and that is to sell him, which complicates the move to possible destinations, taking into account that most prefer to opt for a loan until the end of the season.
But when the sale took place, Koeman already has Firpo’s substitute, the youth squad Alejandro Balde, for the position of substitute left-back in the shadow of Jordi Alba. The income from its sale will be to sign Eric García, his main objective for months, in the coming weeks. The Barcelona with the assignments or transfers at low cost seeks to reinforce its ranks while the plan of the next president of the culé club is launched.
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