Catalan legend and former Barça player and manager, Carles Rexach, has spoken out today and called for wisdom while making decisions in the transfer market.
Rexach, who helped innovate the “Barca-style” that combines Dutch “TotalFutbol” and Spanish “Tiki-Taka”, spoke with the ‘Barça ADN’ program on Barça TV, and gave a good analysis of the current state of the Catalan club.
Regarding the transfer market, Rexach assured that “Barça have to sign special players, but they find it hard to adapt to playing with this team. We can not sign players just for signings sake. For that we already have good players at Barça B. I think the players Pep wants are different, special players and ones who can perform exactly how he wants them to, ones who can give him more options and vesatility on the field, ones who have flair. Although initially it will cost them to try and fit into the style of Barcelona, afterwards it will be worth it.”
Illustrating why the team needs to make signings this summer, Rexach referred to the current side’s small numbers, and the strain that would be put upon it if the team found itself plagued by injuries. “This year we have been lucky with injuries except in the final stretch where we had men injured like Puyol, Maxwell, Adriano and of course Abidal’s disease. Luckily, Mascherano has adapted well to the position of center back. But if next year the team suffers from injuries longer than two or three months, Barça is a little bit short of re-enforcements, especially in attack. Logic tells us that two or three signings will be enough.”
Finally, ‘Charley’ didn’t think twice about commenting on the great year of Asturian striker David Villa. “Except for the final stretch of the season, Villa was scoring on a very regular basis. A good striker should score in every game. I am not used to scoring 3 or 4 goals in one game and then spending five matches without a goal. Villa is one of those forwards that guarantees regularity. His numbers are good but beyond that I think in general, the signing of Villa has been a success.”
Source: fcbarcelona.cat
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