Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is facing a difficult task in the new season in order to save the team from its suffering and bring it back to the podiums.
Barcelona came out of last season empty-handed, without winning any championships, contented with achieving second place in the Spanish League, a full 13 points behind rivals Real Madrid.
Barcelona is trying hard to strengthen its ranks in the next summer Mercato with special deals in all lines that contribute to returning the team to its previous era and strengthening it in the competition for titles again, as the club’s last title was the King’s Cup season 2020-2021.
But all these Catalan dreams collide with the financial crisis that the club is experiencing, which may prevent it from competing to include several distinguished deals that contribute to achieving the desired hope for the management and the fans, so looking for free or cheap deals will be the best solution to support the team.
And reports revealed that Xavi had received a new gift from an old friend in Barcelona, as veteran Chilean striker Alexis Sanchez offered himself to return to the Catalan club again, to support the team.
According to the Catalan newspaper, “Sport”, the 33-year-old Sanchez wants to return to Barcelona, and offered the club’s management his desire to play under the command of his old friend Xavi, and support him in the task of saving the Catalan team.
The newspaper pointed out that the Chilean player, who wore the Barca shirt during the period from 2011 to 2014, is good at playing in the center of the attack and will be a special deal that will not cost the Blaugrana a lot of money.
And the newspaper said, that Barcelona is preparing to pay 32 million euros to obtain the services of the Polish player Robert Lewandowski, however, Bayern sticks to its position and insists on the survival of the 33-year-old player and that he fulfill his contract that ends in June 2023.
Here, it should be noted that Sanchez, at the same age as Lewandowski, would be an ideal alternative to the Polish player’s deal, and at the same time, the Catalan club’s treasury would not cost a lot of money.
The Chilean international’s contract with his current club, Inter Milan, is scheduled to expire in the summer of 2023, but his continuation next season does not seem an option, and all possibilities indicate his departure from the “Nerazzurri”, which may be for a very low price, given his age and the survival of one season. in his contract.
Sanchez has a long professional career, as he started his career with the local Colo-Colo, before moving to the Italian Udinese and Barcelona, which he played with from 2011 until 2014, before moving to play in England with Arsenal and Manchester United, and then playing for Inter since 2019.
Sanchez collaborated with Xavi during his time in Barcelona before leaving to Arsenal, and together he achieved 5 championships: the European Super, the 2011 Club World Cup, the King’s Cup 2012, the Spanish League and the Spanish Super 2013.
It is noteworthy that Sanchez participated during the last season in 39 matches for Inter Milan, including 27 in the Italian League, during which he scored 9 goals and assisted 5.