Barcelona supervisor Xavi is concentrating on a transfer for Tottenham’s Giovani Lo Celso as he believes he can be the ‘icing on the cake’ this summer time.
That’s according to AS, who say the Argentine has been really useful by Lionel Messi, who is aware of him nicely from worldwide obligation with Argentina.
The newspaper experiences that Lo Celso’s identify was introduced up in a summit between Barcelona’s sports activities management ten days in the past as a viable choice to occupy the place that Messi would have taken up if he’d joined.
He’s been a fan of Lo Celso for a number of years following a dialog with Messi, who labelled him as the perfect participant in Argentina’s squad.
Xavi has adopted the Tottenham man ever since and now sees him because the ‘icing on the cake’ for his undertaking as he would add expertise to his midfield and a playmaker to a squad that’s missing one.
He has prioritised strengthening different positions within the squad and in the meanwhile his focus is on including a defensive midfielder earlier than then finalising exits to extend the wage margin on the membership.
If that opens up sufficient that they will transfer for Lo Celso they may and they’ll attempt to do a mortgage cope with Tottenham ‘with out ruling out’ a purchase order clause being included.