Barcelona are looking at bringing in a left-footed centre-back in January, with Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City stars being considered.
Hansi Flicks’ team have continued their good run this season, with just one loss in LaLiga. The Catalonia club are sitting in the number one position, three points ahead of rivals Real Madrid.
However, Barcelona are looking at improving the squad during January transfer window.
According to a recent report from The Athletic, Barca are determined to sign a centre-back in the upcoming winter window, and more specifically, a left-footer.
Barcelona are currently short in their backline due to injuries to Andreas Christensen, Eric Garcia, Jules Kounde and Xavi Espart.
With Ronald Araujo already loaned out to Liverpool over the summer, Barcelona are looking at bringing in a new player rather than recall the Uruguayan.
The Athletic went on to detail a number of players Barcelona are interested in signing, beginning with Alessandro Bastoni of Inter Milan and Manchester City’s Josko Gvardiol.
Joko Gvardiol has been linked with a move to Barcelona. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images)
Inter held on Bastoni last summer and might not be interested in selling their prized asset. Gvardiol could be available if City receive a monumental punishment for their 114 FFP breaches.
Man Utd’s Lisandro Martinez was also mentioned in the report.
Aside from the aforementioned trio, Arsenal’s Piero Hincapie, Ajax’s Youri Baas, and Castello Lukeba of RB Leipzig were named.
Barcelona are yet to make an official approach for any of this players, but they are eager to bring in someone during the January transfer window.
According to Sport, Barcelona would be interested in United’s Martinez if the move doesn’t require them to spend big.
However, they face a huge competition from Atlético Madrid. There was mutual interest between Martínez and Atlético last summer, a move that could dent Barca’s hope.
