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The left-back place was an issue for Barcelona by the second half of final season as Alejandro Balde was injured and Joao Cancelo was compelled to play out of place to fill the void.
Again to full health in pre-season, the La Masia starlet was anticipated to return and personal the place below Hansi Flick.
In actual fact, many noticed him as a participant who would turn into the supervisor’s largest useful resource similar to Alphonso Davies developed below him at Bayern.
Near midway by the season, nevertheless, doubts have begun to creep in over whether or not Balde is the precise candidate to take the left-back place ahead as revealed by AS.
Defensive frailties
The Spanish outlet relays that Balde’s attacking prowess has by no means been doubtful and that the participant has largely lived as much as his tag as an offensive full-back.
Nonetheless, he does have his frailties in defence and has typically confirmed to be the weak-link on the again this season.
Balde’s defensive frailties a priority. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
Whereas he’s seen as a stable long-term choice, the supervisor is struggling with out the presence of a compensatory defensive left-back choice particularly to area for the large video games the place there will be severe menace down the flank.
Most lately, Chimy Avila was seen tormenting Balde on the left flank within the crew’s most up-to-date conflict whereas one additionally remembers his collapse in opposition to Osasuna within the fateful sport at El Sadar.
Balde’s lack of focus has typically been the undoing of Barcelona’s in any other case good high-defensive line this season. Sadly for the supervisor, each his backup choices Gerard Martin and Hector Fort usually are not upgrades in any approach.
Because it stands, Barcelona don’t see the left-back place to be an emergency. That, nevertheless, doesn’t rule them out from making a defensive full-back funding within the close to future ought to the chance come up.
