FC Barcelona – La Liga Araujo and Mingueza have impressed
Cthe central defense has been a position that Barcelona they have needed to strengthen for months due to the combination of injuries and the lack of depth of the staff.
In the summer, its main goal was toBarcelona youth player Eric Garcia, who is currently alongside the Premier League Manchester City. However, the play did not take place due to the price requested by the English side of 20 million euros for a player who was out of contract in June.
Garcia remains the main goal of the Catalan team, but much of the concern to fill this defensive bed has been alleviated by the impressive recent performances of Ronald Araujo i Oscar Mingueza.
Due to the absences of Samuel umtiti, Clement Lenglet, Araujo i Gerard Pique since the beginning of the season, Ronald Koeman he has already been forced to use six differential associations on the back.
Despite this headache of selection, Koeman seems to have settled for the pairing of Araujo i Mingueza – Both have left the club’s youth system.
“They are Barcelona players ” Koeman he said after the match against the Royal Society
“They can play under pressure and have shown that they have quality and a future in the game.
“I have complete confidence in them. There is competition in the squad, but I have opted for two young guys for their quality and speed in defense. I am very happy with how they have done so far.”
The search for Eric Garcia it may have been difficult due to Manchester City’s financial demands, but with two promising young players occupying the back for now, the Barcelona you can breathe a little easier.
Mingueza debut in the top flight on November 24 against the Dynamo of Kiev and has already participated in six matches, and Araujo and set. The Uruguayan defender was out of the first team due to a muscle injury for seven games.
But the two players, only 21 years old, have performed at an excellent level in their performances, which has meant that the signing of a central midfielder is not considered so urgent, although Eric Garca is not yet completely ruled out for this market is still a very complicated operation because the city continues to demand an economic figure that the Not more is not willing to pay. Anyway in the offices of the Camp Nou and the Sports City are now breathing a little calmer.