The footballer’s life is based on playing and competing. Nobody likes to be on the bench. For new signings , adapting to their new team is always a challenge and, many times, it is not easy to gain the coach’s trust. In the end, it is the coach who decides which footballers will take to the pitch and performance is the essential element to be able to have continuity<\/p>\n
Being prominent in the Bar\u00e7a first team is not an easy task, and even more so when there is a demanding coach in charge, as is the case with Xavi Hern\u00e1ndez . The revolution that the Barcelona board, headed by president Joan Laporta , made last summer, allowed the arrival of several players, most of them in the defensive area. For years, the Cullers have been trying to strengthen the full-back position and, for this reason, the club incorporated two footballers from the Premier League: Marcos Alonso and H\u00e9ctor Beller\u00edn . With the suspension of the World Cup in Qatar and, after the first few months of competition, the two new Blaugrana full-backs are experiencing completely opposite situations<\/p>\n
Marcos Alonso ‘s arrival at Bar\u00e7a raised many questions. The left back , who arrived at the Camp Nou after great seasons at Chelsea , became a guaranteed and experienced reinforcement to give rest to Jordi Alba and the young Alejandro Balde, who had started the season with great performances since left side Alonso’s debut with the culer outfit was a very high-level test, in the field of Bayern Munich. But the Madrid defender’s performance has been remarkable and Xavi has even used him as a central defender due to the many casualties in the center of the defence<\/p>\n
Bearing in mind that Jordi Alba’s future could be far away from the Catalan capital, the Bar\u00e7a board and the coaching staff have shown that they are satisfied with the performance that Alonso has given in this first part of the course and, his continuation at Bar\u00e7a would be much more feasible . The complicated financial situation of the defenders in the summer and the uncertainty ended up influencing Alonso’s contract with Bar\u00e7a until June 2023 , but Laporta could extend the Madrid full-back’s relationship with the Blaugrana for another season<\/p>\n
If Alonso’s situation is very optimistic for the future, H\u00e9ctor Beller\u00edn is not in an ideal moment for Bar\u00e7a to think about his renewal . Also a lateral, but from the right side, Beller\u00edn has not had as much prominence and his link with the Cullers has an expiration date , because like Alonso, his contract ends once this 2022\/23 school year ends<\/p>\n
Beller\u00edn arrived at Bar\u00e7a from Arsenal , returning to the club where he had formed , but injuries have prevented him from having continuity and he has only appeared in the starting eleven on three occasions. Although the Catalan full-back was optimistic about continuing to wear the Blaugrana shirt, his performance has been very poor and, despite being available to play in the final games before the World Cup, Xavi preferred to line up other players, such as Kound\u00e9 or Balde Beller\u00edn’s situation is more complicated than Alonso’s, but both will have to wait to play, as Luis Enrique did not call them up to travel to Qatar with the Spanish national team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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