FC Barcelona has a big problem with a very specific position in its squad: that of the defensive midfielder. After the departure of Busquets last summer, Barça opted to hire the experienced midfielder Oriol Romeu, this being the only natural pivot in the entire squad.
Unfortunately, the bet did not work out well for the Catalan team, since Romeu has not measured up and the club knows that the next big investment should not be a striker or a defender, but rather a “5” in good condition. For this reason, Deco would already have his great favorite to fill that vacancy in the near future: Douglas Luiz, Aston Villa’s versatile midfielder.
Barça could bet heavily on Douglas Luiz in the summer
Although his natural position is not that of a pivot, but rather that of a midfielder, Douglas Luiz is the player that most interests the current sports director of the culé team, Deco, to cover the position of defensive midfielder.
According to Diario Sport , Deco would have traveled to Birmingham on more than one occasion to see the 25-year-old footballer play, who is completing his best season in England, having already played 27 games so far this season in which he has scored. six goals and distributed five assists.
🌟𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐳, 𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨
Está firmando su mejor temporada en Inglaterra:
⚽️Seis goles
🅰️Cinco asistencias✍️ @joaquimpiera https://t.co/jbbfVIFN3x
— Diario SPORT (@sport) December 28, 2023
Of course, Barça knows that the operation would not be easy, since Aston Villa has no intention of letting Douglas Luiz leave either in winter or summer, since they would only listen to offers that are around 100 million euros, a figure that Barça cannot and does not want to pay.
The Catalan club hopes to have more financial oxygen in the summer, since the Blaugranas know that an investment in this area is more than necessary, and everything seems to indicate that Barcelona could get into the bid for Douglas Luiz in mid-2024, since the Arsenal are also following very closely.
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