The Barcelona center-back did not hide his opinion regarding the hypothetical return of the Argentine star
He also wanted to highlight the work carried out to date by Xavi
The Uruguayan Ronald Araujo, defender of Barcelona, He assured that if he were now the sports director of the Barça club, he would sign the Argentine Leo Messi for his teamwho left for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021.
Araujo will miss this Sunday’s classic due to injury and, in an interview with the magazine ‘El Club del Deportista’ made clear his preference if he sent in terms of signings At the same time, he praised Frenchman Karim Benzema as the striker who has had the hardest time defending.
“Benzema is a player with very intelligent movements and tremendous quality. He knows when to stop, when to enable teammates, and you always have to be very careful when facing him & rdquor ;, she assured.
In addition, he praised the work that coach Xavi Hernández has done to date: “We have been working with Xavi for some time now. It’s a bit hard at first, because it comes with new ideas, with things that they haven’t been doing here in recent years. He is trying to return Barça’s philosophy and I think that now is when the fruits of the work we have been doing since his arrival are being reaped & rdquor ;, he commented.