Barça’s alternatives to replace Bernal

He Barça He emerged as the sole leader of Vallecasbut suffered a significant loss. While waiting for the club to make the results of this morning’s tests official, Marc Bernalwho was unable to finish the match, has suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to the first examinations he underwent in the locker room of the match. Despite being only 17 years old, and playing only his third game as a starter for the first team, Barça, Bernal He was establishing himself in the pivot position and had the complete confidence of Hansi Flickwho after the match could not hide his disappointment at the injury of the player from Berga. “It is a sad victory because of Marc Bernal’s injury,” confessed the German coach.

No time for regrets, just waiting for Bernal can recover 100% from the injury, the Barça must find alternatives to cover his absence. First of all, and waiting for the Barça can go to the market – if the contract with Nike is not closed or there is a major sale it will be impossible -, Flick you will have to look at home. First of all, you are also waiting for Frenkie de Jong y Gavi return from their injuries, who has more numbers to replace Bernal es Marc CasadóThe former captain of the reserve team last season started in Valencia on the first matchday, but has not played since then.

Another option of Flickwhich follows very closely the Barça Atlético -on Sunday he was at the Johan in the opening match against Real Unión de Irún-, it is the one Pau PrimThe 18-year-old midfielder from Sant Andreu de la Barca is the current starting pivot for the reserve team. Having played for the club since 2013 at FCB Escola, Prim is also a reliable and knowledgeable player of Barça’s game in a position as risky as that of pivot.

Apart from the youth players, we are also waiting for them to recover from their plantar fasciitis, Hansi Flick He also has two profiles of players in two central defenders who can also act as pivots. These are: Andreas Christensen -now injured for at least the next two months, as the club communicated to LaLiga in order to register Elm– y Eric Garcialast minute drop in front of the Ray in Vallecas for an injury similar to that of the Dane. However, in the case of Ericit remains to be seen what happens with his future, as Girona remains determined to recover him, after his loan last season.

Considering that the bet on the house is firm in Flickthe logical thing would be to think that the coach continues betting on Married and may include Pau Prim as an alternative. However, if the club were in a position to go to the market, the options would have to be looked at. One of them could be to N’golo Kanethe experienced French midfielder who currently plays for the Al-Ittihad and which was already offered at the beginning of the summer, but was rejected by Flick.

Apart from Kantésurely in the next few hours, before the market closes next Friday at 00:00 hours, there will be many offers that will reach the Barça sporting management.