Barcelona continues to search the transfer market in search of reinforcements that give the squad a leap in quality. After the arrival of Dani Alves, who will not be able to play until January, the club is very attentive to the free agent market with the intention of finding a bargain or opportunity and it seems that they have found it. His radar has set a new target: César Azpilicueta .
The Chelsea footballer ends his contract with the London team in 2022 and has not yet renewed . According to ESPN , Barcelona is closely following the contractual situation of the blue and international captain with the Spanish team. At the moment he has not yet renewed and, if he continues like this, as of January he would be free to negotiate with any team for next season as he faces the last six months of his contract.
Azpilicueta has the approval of Xavi and would also fit well into the club’s economic plan since it would come at zero cost. At Chelsea they have a problem since Antonio Rüdiger and Andreas Christensen have not renewed either and their contract ends in 2022. However, from the aforementioned media they indicate that the London club is negotiating with the Navarrese the extension of his contract and they trust that the negotiations will come to good port.
What I like most about Azpilicueta is its versatility. The international with Spain can play as a right-handed center back (with a defense of three and four), a winger and even a lane player . The Navarrese has become a vital player in Thomas Tuchel’s team, last year being the first Spaniard to win the Champions League with a foreign team. Now Barça is following him very closely, looking to repeat the operations at zero cost that they achieved last summer with Depay, Eric García and Kun Agüero.
