FC Barcelona want to sign defender for 2019

After Barcelona allowed Lucas Digne to join Everton on a permanent transfer in the summer, Jordi Alba remains the only experienced left-back at Camp Nou. According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona plan to strengthen their defence in 2019. Their focus is on finding a backup for the former man as 18-year-old Juan Miranda is Alba’s current deputy at the club. Valverde identified the need to sign a left-back in the summer, but Eric Abidal and his assistant, Ramon Planes, thought Miranda could be used as Alba’s back up. An earlier report from Mundo Deportivo claimed about the possibility of signing either of Arsenal’s Nacho Monreal, Liverpool’s Alberto Moreno and Matteo Darmian of Manchester United.

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