Endorsed by Jordi Cruyff, the Belgian pleases to reinforce the midfield
Contract with Leicester ends on June 30 and Arsenal is willing to bid hard for him
There are several positions that Barça knows that it will have to reinforce in the next two transfer windows. One of them is the midfield. He only has one pure Xavi in the squad, Sergio Busquets, and the captain’s contract ends on June 30, and it is more than likely that he will decide to put an end to his time at Blaugrana.
There could be two footballers who arrive at Barça to cover this position in the coming months. It is no secret that Xavi really likes the Real Sociedad player, Martín Zubimendi, and that the club also controls the Portuguese player Rúben Neves, represented by Jorge Mendes, but also controls the market for free players. There appears the name of Youri Tielemans, who ends his contract with Leicester on June 30. The sports management has very good reports on the Belgian and Jordi Cruyff is one of his main supporters. The Blaugrana sports director has a great friendship with the Belgian coach, the Catalan Robert Martínez, who has made him aware of the great qualities of a footballer who is a fixture in his team and who will be the protagonist in the World Cup that starts next Sunday.
Tielemans, 25, is a midfielder who can act as a central midfielder and inside midfielder. He has a great ball output and is almost infallible in the pass, in addition to also highlighting defense more for placement than for physical. When he plays inside, he also reaches the rival area with ease and danger. He has scored three goals in fifteen games this season in the Premier and last season, he scored six. With the Belgian national team, he has scored five goals in 54 games.
Barça, in any case, will have competition if it decides definitively to incorporate Tielemans, as Arsenal has decided to bet heavily on the player, who is to the liking of its coach, Mikel Arteta. In England they explain that there has been a rapprochement between the two parties to reach an agreement for next summer. Tielemans is now focused on the World Cup and will decide his future when the event in Qatar ends. Barça could also enter the bid then and even try to advance its arrival to this winter, although everything will depend on the Fair Play that it ends up having.