Deco dreams of Aleix Garcia in January and Douglas Luiz in summer

Vitor Roque was Barcelona's first signing of the winter transfer window, even though he was expected to join in July, but the Catalan giants know that they need something more.

The poor performance of Oriol Romeu, the constant injuries to Pedri and the absence of Gavi for the rest of the season mean that the midfield needs to be reinforced. And there are already several names being bandied about, not only for today, but also for next summer.

According to 'Jijantes', first of all is Aleix Garcia. The Girona midfielder is the priority of the board as he is having a great season and the player has repeatedly expressed his desire to play for Barcelona. Moreover, he would not occupy a high position on the salary scale, although the operation is still financially complex.

In the complicated moment the Catalan giants are going through, any transfer has to be scrutinised and be done with the approval from La Liga.

What is happening is that Aleix Garcia's termination clause is around 20 million euros, a price that is unaffordable in January after having spent another 30 million euros on Vitor Roque. According to 'SER Catalunya', one of the formulas that Joan Laporta is studying is to offer a sum of money plus players.

It is precisely the failed bid for Oriol Romeu that is leading Barca to continue their search for a top-level pivot. Sergio Busquets is still without an heir and Xavi prefers Frenkie de Jong further forward, so Deco has set his sights on his compatriot Douglas Luiz, according to 'Sport'.

In this case, the 25-year-old is a target for next summer. By the way, with a past also in Girona, as he played there two seasons on loan from Manchester City between 2017 and 2019

 He has spent the last five seasons with the Birmingham club, which is now dazzling and fighting for the Premier League leadership under Unai Emery.

He is a very physical player, with good ball handling. This season he has scored six goals and provided two assists in 2,155 minutes in 27 games. In addition, he has already made 11 appearances for the Brazil national team, for which he was called up in the last international window.