Barca activate 'operation centre-back' for 2020

Barcelona are aware of the importance of having a large and compensated squad if they want to fight for all the titles. This is why they have already started to get to work ahead of the 2020/21 season.

According to 'Marca', one of the urgent things in Barcelona is to strenghten the centre-back position. Barcelona understand that there are several risk factors present in this present season that they do not want to repeat.

Currently, the pair, consisting of Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet are the starters. There's not even another player who can compete for their position. And that's where emergencies start to appear.

The doubts regarding the state of Samuel Umtiti's knee are starting to scare Barcelona. The world champions has gone from being the future of Barcelona's defence, spending more time injured than what he has on the pitch.

Likewise, neither Todibo nor Araujo have been able to prove what they are capable of. They are two bets in the long-term but have not been able to show their quality.

Thus, Barcelona begin to look at the market to strengthen a key position, even more in a team in which the output of the ball from behind and with some specific characteristics of play is majorly important.

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