The signing of Azpilicueta, as soon as Chelsea closes his replacement – MARCA.com

Joan Laporta warned that Barcelona would now focus on reinforcing its defense, once the situations of Raphinha, Dembl and Lewandowski had been resolved. It is not that in all this time the Catalan club has put this matter aside, but it is true It’s time to address it definitively. Specifically, the Barça president refers to the signings of the two Spaniards who play for Chelsea and whom Xavi has had his eye on for a long time: Marcos Alonso and Csar Azpilicueta. different. Each one will have its own timing. Different negotiations for different footballers and in particular situations. The first that the Barcelona technical secretariat hopes to resolve is the hiring of the Navarrese. Basically, it depends on how long Chelsea takes to finalize the signing of a player with the profile of Captain Blue. It’s not easy. Azpilicueta can play almost any defensive position. Finding a footballer like him and of a certain level is a complicated task in today’s market. The predisposition remains The new Chelsea managers have no intention of going back on their word. They will keep the promise made by the previous property of the Navarrese club to let him out. They also winked at Barcelona in that sense, but they will have to wait. For now, the English have tried to buy time without stopping negotiating. His strategy has been to ask for a very high figure first, knowing that this is not going anywhere. There is talk of an amount greater than the 9 kilos that the English paid at the time to Olympique de Marseille. And when we say at the time we mean ten years ago. Come on, the amount is totally out of the market. But that’s how Chelsea buys time without breaking their word. Gvardiol, Kimpembe, Kound… The English are moving to reshape their defence. Until that happens, the Azpilicueta thing cannot be resolved. That yes, as soon as that happens, the idea is that everything is very fast. This week there should be progress, but there is no guarantee that it will be resolved now. As we say, it is in the hands of the English. Once they resolve their issue, the resolution of the Azpilicueta case should arrive by domino effect.