The Barça will be the next 30 days in an extremely dangerous situation that Koeman shall drive with a lot of pulse. The azulgrana they are going to play nine games next month (Cádiz, Levante, Real, Valencia, Valladolid, Eibar and Huesca in the League; Ferencvaros and Juventus in the Champions League) and, to this day, does not have a healthy defense of the first template. Pique it is low of long duration; Araújo is in the final stretch of his recovery; from Umtiti and his left knee nothing is known; Y Lenglet, at least, it will be a low party. Barça will have to deal with Ferencvaros with a player still green which, in addition, Koeman attracted attention this Sunday for a couple of suicide passes banned in a team of the highest level like Barça.
The extreme situation in defense will force Barça to play this Wednesday with a unknown eleven in Budapest and a line of four ahead of Ter Stegen that will form, almost certainly, Dest, Mingueza, De Jong and Júnior. That is, if Koeman does not decide to place the exbetic as central and align to Jordi Alba that, however, is also beginning to load minutes and begins to seem advisable to take a break.
The Barça I already knew before the start of the season that could have problems in the central post. That is why he fought until midnight on October 5, the day of the market close, for Eric Garcia. But, although the agent of the central, Ivan de la Peña, was even in the Ciutat Esportiva offices, to expedite the procedures if there was a green light, the central raised in La Masia nor signed for Barça. Not even his calls from Las Rozas, where he was concentrated with the National Team, softened the City, that this month of January will be just as firm. What was not in anyone's calculations is this plague, more dangerous even because arrives in a section competition in which Barça has to play even advanced matches of LaLiga like Barça-Real in mid-December.
Or Jogo published this Sunday that Benfica, club that got the loan of Jean-Clair Todibo for this season, he doesn't want the French and his intention is to return it to Barça. The issue is that the Barça club did not have the Frenchman already this summer, even though it needed central rights, so it's hard to think that now, unless Koeman meets the player and convinces him, I am back.
Beyond Mingueza, there are few solutions. First, because there is no no more defense signed up in Champions. And they don't seem set to play in LaLiga either. Koeman is going to have to juggle in defense (the term juggling has taken on a certain meaning in Barcelona since that interview given by Messi to Goal.com) this December to try to keep Barça alive in all competitions. In addition to Junior, who can play central in Budapest, De Jong already has against Juventus Alavés, Atlético or Dinamo De Kiev this season. TO Busquets, the position does not like, but you may have no choice.