The Barca player is in the crosshairs of the Dutch champion, who is looking for a right-back
Julián Araujo would arrive endorsed by the Mexican Santiago Giménez, one of the figures of Feyenoord
The sports management of barca he intensifies all his contacts to lighten the squad with a week to go before the team begins the 2023-24 preseason. One of the footballers who might not appear at the Ciutat Esportiva is Julian Araujo. The club is looking for a way out for the Mexican player and in recent days the interest of the feyenoord.
The current Eredivisie champion urgently needs a right back and his technical office has drawn up a list with three candidates to fill the vacancy: Joshua Brenet, from Twente, Hugo Siquet, from Standard Liège, and the Catalan player Julián Araujo. The first two have had great seasons and the list of teams that intend to sign them is extensive. It is a market operation that would require a significant financial outlay. This is not the case of Julián Araujo who, since his arrival in Barcelona in the winter transfer window, has not been able to make his debut with the Barça first team and has only maintained a competitive rhythm with calls from the Mexican team.
mexican connection
Precisely, in the Mexican team, Araujo has great support. Santiago Giménez is the striker for Feyenoord and has been one of the mainstays of the Dutch team this season. From the Netherlands it is insisted that his reports are excellent and he would have recommended the arrival of his compatriot.
Nor would it be surprising if Julián Araujo finally joined Feyenoord, he would not coincide with Santiago Giménez since the Mexican is in the crosshairs of several Premier League clubs, the greats of Portugal and even Sevilla and Atlético Madrid would have asked about the starting price of the scorer.
Overbooking on the side waiting for Fresneda
Xavi needs to release players in the first team. Despite the fact that the coach is in favor of looking for a proven right-back, there is no doubt that Barça will start with several players in that area. In addition to the classics Koundé, the true side in level commitments, or the recurring Sergi Roberto, it must be taken into account that Sergiño Dest is back after his loan to Milan; as well as Ronald Araujo and Balde with a changed leg as other resources.
And to this panorama we should add the contacts with Iván Fresneda. Right now, the Valladolid footballer is Xavi’s main objective to reinforce the side. The contacts are very advanced and the only thing missing is for the club to be able to balance numbers to face the transfer and its subsequent registration.
The Barça coach has praised Julián Araujo’s attitude in all his public interventions, but the truth is that the player needs minutes of competition after leaving the MLS and Barça does not seem like the ideal team to take on this shooting phase in a position that today raises many questions.
This week it is expected that Feyenoord will definitively position itself and close its alternative for the right back.