Who is the Argentine footballer who could replace Busquets at Barcelona?

After Sergio Busquets announced his departure from Barcelona after 18 years, from the club they have as a priority to reinforce their midfield in the next transfer market and among the objectives is the Argentine Guido Rodríguez, who was crowned champion in the World Cup in Qatar 2022 with the Argentine National Team.

Rodríguez has a contract with the Real Betis until 2024something that the Blaugrana club plans to use to their advantage to get a good price for him, if they finally accelerate to incorporate him.

Furthermore, in Spain ensure that the world champion with the National selection would have slowed down the renewal negotiations after the interest of the group led by Xavi Hernandez.

However, the footballer who emerged in River is not the first option for Barcelona: Martín Zubimendi, from Real Sociedad, and Ilkay Gundogan, from Manchester Cityare the coach’s favourites, although the former would be practically ruled out due to price and because the player would prioritize continuing at the Basque institution if he finally qualified for the next Champions League, while the German’s hiring would be on track.

On the other hand, another defensive midfielder alternative is Sofyan Amrabat of Fiorentina and who had an outstanding performance with Morocco in the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Although the Barcelona already surveyed its incorporation, is not willing to pay more than 30 million euros.

However, Rodriguez He is not the only Argentine world champion in the pipeline, since Juan reappears in orbit foythan old desire of the coach of the Barcelonaand is the main target to reinforce the right side for next season.

the footballer of villarreal He was one step away from reaching the blaugrana prior to the World Cup, but he was injured and the operation ended up falling.

Currently, Xavi does not have a fixed option to occupy the right wing of the defence. In that position, the technician used Jules Koundé, Sergi Roberto, Ronald Araújo and Alejandro Balde -players who naturally perform other functions-. His last bet was Héctor Bellerín, but was transferred to Sporting Lisbon for its poor performance.

Now, the sports commission of Barcelona, ​​which is at the limit of Financial Fair Playdecided to speed up negotiations for the former students of La Platabut from the Yellow Submarine request the 54 million euros of the clause.

With the intention of lowering costs, from the AS medium they affirm that the youth squad Nicholas Gonzalez, on loan in Valencia, is one of the players that will be offered.