The interest of FC Barcelona in César AzpilicuetaThe versatile 32-year-old defender of Chelsea, where he has been the captain of the military since 2012, and of the Spanish team, is not new. On June 30, 2022, his contract with the English club ends, everything indicates that he will not renew and would arrive as a free agent at the Barça club in July 2022. There are several national and international media, including Mundo Deportivo, who have spoken of those contacts in recent weeks. The novelty is provided by the Catalan journalist Gerard romero, always attentive to market issues, who affirms on social networks that “Azpilicueta he is very close to Barça. The club has an agreement in principle with the defender to join from June. Only a few personal issues can change the course of the operation. “
The Navarrese, Chelsea captain, is adjusted to the economic profile of the club. And it is that the Catalan entity is tracking the market to try to incorporate top-level footballers at practically zero cost.
Azpilicueta is capable of acting both as a winger on both wings, with a predilection for the right, as well as as a central defender and would allow for more alternatives in the defense of Barça, which has recently been reinforced with Dani Alves as a free agent, as would be your case.
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