FC Barcelona ‘s number ’10’ has always had a very long shadow, but since the summer of 2021 when Leo Messi left it an orphan, this is practically infinite. The last player to wear it was Ansu Fati, but the footballer of African roots did not live up to the number on his back, nor to the expectations placed on him before his injury.
Be that as it may, the fact is that today Ansu no longer wears the blaugrana of the culer shirt or the ’10’, since he is playing on loan at the English Brighton in search of taking off his career again. In the meantime, the rumors are one after the other in the Catalan capital and, what has already been confirmed, is that a new premature goalscorer will land at Barça in the ever-closer future: Vitor Roque
Vitor Roque, “agreed” for the month of January
As reported by his agent, André Cury , his arrival in Barcelona is “agreed for the month of January”. Another thing is that the Barcelona club cannot register him, but everything points to the fact that they will be able to do so, either through their own means, or thanks to the 40 million euros that they have not yet received from their financial agreement with the Libero fund Football.
Be that as it may, apart from this extra ‘leverage’, Joan Laporta could count, at best, on a handful of extra million euros if the team wins the remaining four Champions League games that he has left At the moment, Xavi Hernández ‘s men are doing their homework, already adding 6 points after beating Porto at home (0-1)and Antwerp at home (5-0). If they win the 4 remaining games in Antwerp, Hamburg (where Shakhtar Donetsk will play at home) and the two in Montjuïc, the team would have won in favor of the entity it represents a total of 76.05 million d euros, winning all 6 group stage matches. In addition to this money, it would be necessary to add the 9.6 million euros that the club would enter to reach the round of 16.
Barça, with an eye on his physical condition
And while in the sporting aspect it is necessary to do the homework in the highest European competition, in the institutional aspect, Deco will be representing Barça in the coming days in Brazil, where the Culer sports director will travel to convey to Vitor Roque the support of the club in his injury and, by the way, the hope that there is in seeing him play for Blaugrana and already registered for the month of January. In addition, it must be remembered that one of the free numbers is ’10’.
At the same time, Roque is recovering from his delicate ankle injury, having affected three of his ligaments . All in all, the Brazilian is progressing favorably and the forecasts indicate that he could even be medically discharged during the first week of December.
Source: El Nacional