FC Barcelona – La Liga Araujo and Mingueza impressed
Cthe central defense was a position that Barcelona had to be strengthened for months due to a combination of injuries and the team’s lack of depth.
In the summer, their main target wasBarcelona youth player Eric Garcia, which is currently in the Premier League the city of Manchester. However, the move did not go through because of the price demanded by the English side of 20 million euros for a player who is out of contract in June.
Garcia is still the main target of the Catalan team, but much of the concern about filling that defensive berth has been eased by recent performances Ronald araujo and Oscar Mingueza.
Due to the absence of Samuel umtiti, Clement Lenglet, Araujo and Gerard Pique from the beginning of the season, Ronald Koeman has already been forced to use six differential partnerships behind it.
Despite this selection headache, Koeman he seems to have contented himself with mating Araujo and Mingueza – both came from the club’s youth system.
“Are Barcelona players, ” Koeman said after the match against Real Sociedad
“They can play under pressure and they have shown that they have quality and a future in the game.
“I have full confidence in them. There is competition in the team, but I opted for two young boys because of their quality and speed in defense. I am very happy with the way they have done so far.”
tracking Eric Garcia could have been difficult due to Manchester City’s financial demands, but with two promising young players filling in the back for the time being, those from Barcelona he can breathe a little easier.
Mingueza debuts in the highest category on November 24 against Kiev Dynamo and has already participated in six games and Araujo in seven. The Uruguayan defender left the first team with a muscle injury for seven matches.
But the two players, only 21 years old, have evolved to an excellent level in their performance, which has determined the entity not to consider so urgently the signing of a central defender, although Eric Garca It is not yet completely excluded for this market, although it is a very complicated operation because Town continues to demand an economic figure that No more not being willing to pay. Anyway in the offices New field and the City of Sports is breathing a little easier now.