Barca boss Ernesto Valverde is now set to go after Ligue 1 duo Angel Di Maria and Jean Seri from PSG and Nice respectively, with the Argentine set to fill he void left by Neymar, with Seri set to slot into
the Blaugrana midfield to fill the hole left by Xavi after the Spaniard left the club two years ago, as per the Daily Mail.
Instead, Rakitic added industry, ruggedness and a certain dynamism to
the Blaugrana midfield.
Not exact matches
Don Balon are reporting that the
Blaugrana are interested in the central
midfielder, and that Los Blancos president Florentino Perez isn't eager to see the player end up in Catalonia for next season and is set to pay the player's release clause to bring him to the Santiago Bernabeu.
Given the above and knowing Barcelona's notoriously fluid and creative
midfield, EDF would be foolish to offer a standard version of its beloved 4 -3-3 against the
Blaugrana.
The
midfielder, son of former Barca goalkeeper Carles, has played a pivotal part in his side's success since 2008, yet much of his work goes unnoticed in the centre of the park for the
Blaugrana.
Nonetheless,
Blaugrana still managed to dominate the proceedings and as it has been the case so often;
midfielder Sergio Busquets helped his side facilitate that.
Renato (72nd - minute substitute) The
midfielder netted Sevilla's opener in the 2006 UEFA Super Cup win against the
Blaugrana and also broke the deadlock in the loss to AC Milan on the same stage the next season.
According to reports, the
Blaugrana interested in bringing the former Real Madrid
midfielder to the Camp Nou to replace Ardan Turan, who faces a potential move to the English Premier League.