Hakim Ziyech is one of the players in the picture at Barcelona, so assures Sport Saturday. According to the best-selling sports newspaper in Catalonia, Barcelona wants to strengthen itself mainly in an attacking sense in January. The intention is that, in addition to the arrival of Dani Alves, three football players will come to the Camp Nou on a rental basis. The technical department mainly looks at quality football players who do not get to play regularly.
According to Sport Chelsea is one of the clubs Barcelona would like to do business with, especially as Manchester City will not cooperate with a loan from Raheem Sterling. The attacker’s contract expires in less than two years. Ziyech is one of the football players in which the Spanish top club has more than average interest, but the names of Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi are also highly regarded to possibly make the switch to Catalonia.
At the beginning of this season, 28-year-old Ziyech immediately seized his chance at Chelsea by opening the score in the battle for the European Super Cup against Villarreal (1-1, victory after penalties). However, the attacker dropped out shortly after his goal with a shoulder injury and failed to secure a permanent base with the Londoners in the months that followed. In ten games – eight of which as a starting player – he scored two goals and one assist. More than a year ago, Chelsea paid forty million euros to take over Ziyech from Ajax.
Pulisic, 23, struggled with a lingering ankle injury and played just four games for Chelsea this season. The attacker was accurate on Friday evening local time in the World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico (2-0). The two-year-younger Hudson-Odoi played eleven games in all competitions this season, nine of which as a base force.
The financially troubled Barcelona wants to provide Xavi’s team with new impulses at the lowest possible amount. The club is also awaiting the seriousness of the complaints from Sergio Aguero, who in any case contradicted on Friday that he must end his career due to heart problems. The attacker was not feeling well in the home game against Alavés two weeks ago and was substituted. An investigation subsequently revealed a heart rhythm disorder in the 33-year-old Argentinian.
It was also reported that he would not be able to play at Barcelona for at least three months. Catalunya Radio reported on Friday that Aguero would have been told that he must end his career. “Following the rumours, I can say that I am following what the doctors tell me, I am undergoing tests and treatments and we will review my progress in 90 days. I always stay positive,” Agüero wrote on social media afterwards.