Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Observers are anxiously awaiting the start of the new season, to evaluate the new deals from the stars who were contracted during the “summer Mercato”, which will continue until the end of next August, and they expect a direct impact of the super deals on European clubs, such as the Norwegian Erling Halland, who came to Manchester City, coming from Prussia. Germany’s Dortmund, Uruguayan Darwin Nunez, the new Liverpool striker, from Benfica, Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, recently transferred from City to Arsenal, Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, who recently signed to Barcelona, and other stars who have seen the summer transfer market move from one club to another.
European football experts focus, in particular, on the case of Barcelona, which opened its door wide to receive new stars, in a way that raised eyebrows, when it was known about the “Catalan” club that it was “mired in debt,” so how does it conclude all these important deals, and still covets more ? Barcelona did not stop at the inclusion of Danish defender Andreas Christensen from Chelsea, Brazilian striker Rafinha from Leeds United, Ivorian Frank Kessie from AC Milan, and Robert Lewandowski from Bayern, but “the appetite is still open”, to conclude new contracts, with the Spaniards Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso Chelsea defenders, and is making desperate attempts to include French defender Jules Conde, player of Seville, which means that the number of new arrivals may rise to 7 players, and other stars may be on the horizon.
The question posed by European football experts and its old stars: How will coach Xavi Hernandez deal with all this number of “super stars”, whose experience has exceeded only the training of the Qatari Al-Sadd, and has not worked at all in any of the five major European leagues, which may Makes him inexperienced in European competitions in particular?, but Xavi supporters respond by saying: Pep Guardiola has done it before, and won all the championships and titles with “Barca”, and he had never trained any European club.
The second question is: How does Xavi reconcile the stars already in the team, including a good number of world-class stars, such as Gerard Pique, Gudry Alba, Busquets, and the promising youngsters Pedri, Gabi, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, and veterans such as Gabonese Aubameyang And Dutchman Memphis Depay, and his compatriot Frenkie de Jong, unless the latter moves to Manchester United.
By the way, the current “Barca” list includes 29 players, without including the new arrivals, and by adding them and adding the supposed arrival, the number will increase to approximately 35 players, so how will Xavi deal with them, and has he developed a plan to rotate between all these stars, in various lines, over the course of season?
For clarification, the attack alone, now includes Lewandowski, Aubameyang, and with them the “wings” of Osman Dembele, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Gabi, i.e. 6 players, and what is required of them 3, what will be the feeling of those sitting on the “bench”, not warning this of the possibility of a possible occurrence Anxiety and tension between those who play and those who don’t, or that the “bench bench” will turn into a “time bomb”?
The fact is that managing this elite of “super stars” requires from Xavi a clear vision and careful planning to deal with them, without causing any disturbances between them. At the same time, managing this constellation of stars is a real test of Xavi’s capabilities as a great technical director, as he was a player big.
Many European football experts agree that the large number of stars is not a permanent blessing, but rather a “double-edged sword” that can turn at some point into a “curse”.
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