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Who to take over Lionel Messi's number 10 at Barça?

2021-08-18T13:13:03.488Z


Left free after the hasty departure of Lionel Messi, the number 10 is looking for a new owner, with all the symbolism that the number implies at FC Barcelona.


Recovering Lionel Messi's number 10 at FC Barcelona is not easy.

After more than 13 years spent behind the Argentinian, the 10 must find a new partner, who will take with him the pressure of the prestige carried until then by Messi and so many others.

La Liga requires clubs to assign each of the numbers between 1 and 25, with no negotiation possible.

The Diez will therefore appear on a Blaugrana jersey next season.

But worn by who?

To discover

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Memphis, who became the offensive leader

In the preseason, Memphis shone with 3 goals scored in 4 games.

Sunday night against Real Sociedad, the former Lyonnais delivers a sublime free kick for Gerard Piqué who will open the scoring.

Very prominent at the start of the season, he became in such a short time the offensive leader of FC Barcelona alongside Griezmann.

Used to the pressure and already wearing number 10 with Olympique Lyonnais, he could therefore be Barça's future number 10.

Even if his very recent arrival (too much for some) at the club does not work in his favor.

Coutinho, Barça's proposal and cash constraints

The Brazilian has never shone in Catalonia and would be offered a last chance this season according to Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo. With little room for maneuver in his recruitment this season, Barça must rely on those already present at the club. Coutinho, who was absent for a good part of last season due to a meniscus injury, would still have the confidence of the club who would like to prove him by offering him the legendary number 10. His number last season, the 14, has already been given to Rey Manaj, a youngster from the reserve. He therefore only has the choice between 8 (Pjanic number on the start) and 23 (Umtiti number also on the start), or the famous 10. The player would not have ruled out wearing it and , if there are no departures by Saturday, this would be the numberit would be against the Athletic Club, since no other will be available.

Pedri, the new darling of Camp Nou

Since Messi left, Pedri has been the one to replace the Argentine on the various advertising campaign posters for the club.

At 18, he became the darling of Camp Nou, he also became that of Spain with whom he chained the Euro and the Olympics.

Passionate about FC Barcelona from a young age, he returned from Tokyo without taking a vacation and was a good start on Sunday for the first match of the season.

Thus chaining his 72nd match without a break, since the start of the 2020-21 season.

A determination to match his performances, which pleases the supporters, some of whom would like to see him wear the number 10 next season.

Ansu Fati, the club kid

Like Coutinho, he too has been injured for most of the past season. An injury that does not exclude him from the race for number 10, in which the Barça lovers pushed him. Arrived at La Masia at the age of 10, he represents the idea that many have of the club. Josep Capdevila, journalist following FC Barcelona for more than 30 years, defends this idea of ​​a number 10 trained at the club in a tweet, without specifying if he wants it to be Ansu Fati:

“In my opinion, if the number jersey 10 must go to someone, it must go to a club-trained player. Because Leo Messi signified the great triumph of a model based on the players of the training center. And I don't care that there is no local player worthy of number 10, there is no one who deserves it

. "

To believe the opinions of several socios, he is far from being the only one to want a child from the club to wear the prestigious number 10.

Aguero, the Argentinian successor of Messi

His name was once mentioned as a worthy successor to Messi, who has won almost everything during his career and who is close to La Pulga.

Wearing number 10 at Manchester City, he expected to change it anyway when he arrived at Barca, with 10 to be Messi's number.

The turnaround gives him the opportunity to carry the iconic

Diez

left vacant after his friend's departure.

Injured until November, he should ultimately not endorse this number, he who is still not officially registered in La Liga.

Source: lefigaro

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