Barcelona prioritise specific defensive profile and shortlist target as deadline day nears
FC Barcelona is actively seeking to sign a young, left-footed centre-back before the transfer window closes. The club has shifted its strategy from targeting experienced players to focusing on developing young talent with specific technical attributes.
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Transfer market activity is a major focus for sports fans and impacts the competitive outlook of top-tier football clubs.
The centre-back has been a priority for Barcelona all summer, and has sat at the top of the club's list of positions to be reinforced alongside the centre-forward department.
As deadline day nears, the club are increasingly close to closing the window without any big centre-forwards' arrival. The defence, however, remains an active operation.
There has been talk in recent days of Barcelona being in the pursuit of a young defender with specific characteristics, but the club have been moving with real silence and no name has come to the fore.
Now, SPORT confirms that Barcelona's priority for the summer is the signing of a left-footed centre-back and the operation will be advanced in the final days of the market.
Barcelona are looking for a partner for Cubarsi. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)
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