When Sergio Busquets leaves Barcelona, the team has been looking for a new center midfielder.

They tried to sign Oriol Romeu, but the €3.5 million player couldn’t keep up the good play he showed at the start of the season.

Anyway, Andreas Christensen has done a great job since then, but Barcelona shouldn’t count on him in that role in the long run.

The plan is to save up some cash and sign a player who can play number six for a while.

A certain Serie A midfielder’s name has been brought up, and his coaches have already talked to Deco about a possible move.

Is Lobotka time yet?

Stanislav Lobotka is the man in question. He plays for Napoli. He played football in Italy after moving there from Celta Vigo for €20 million in 2020.

Barcelona wants to buy him, but they need to make an offer of at least €50 million, according to SPORT.

“We talked about it with Deco,” his lawyer said after the 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League. He would sign with Barcelona, but a lot of things had to happen first.

When it comes to style, Xavi said that Lobotka makes him feel like a maker who doesn’t lose the ball very often.

Stays away from the Barcelona question

Xavi talked badly about Lobotka while they were still at the airport. This was brought up after the international break.

His answer was, “Of course, it’s great to hear that Xavi, my childhood hero, likes the way I play.”

That makes me want to keep going and work hard to get better. This summer, we’ll see what comes up.

He told them, “I’m only thinking about Napoli because we have a very important game on Saturday.” when they asked him if he wanted to play for Barcelona.