Andreas Christensen hopes he isn’t the one defender to go away Chelsea for Barcelona this shut season, with Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso each showing to be targets for the Catalan membership.
Christensen was introduced as a Barca participant on Thursday after departing Stamford Bridge on the finish of his contract.
Spain internationals Azpilicueta and Alonso have been linked to the Camp Nou giants, too, and Christensen revealed he had mentioned the transfer with each gamers.
“I spoke to them and instructed them I used to be going to Barca,” he mentioned in a information convention. “They’re nice pals, and hopefully I can play with them.
“I haven’t met my team-mates right here but, who’ve numerous high quality, however I do need to play with [Azpilicueta and Alonso] once more subsequent season.”
Christensen: Since I used to be eight years outdated, I wrote on a bit of paper that I needed to grow to be an expert footballer and play for Barça. This can be a proud day for me pic.twitter.com/sLWRpQCPRb
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 7, 2022
Barca sporting advisor Jordi Cruyff was additionally requested in regards to the Blues pair and mentioned: “It’s true that the change of possession at Chelsea delays all the things a bit.
“We need to reinforce a number of positions of the staff, and we now have a number of names on the desk.
“What has struck me essentially the most is that every one the gamers open their eyes after they hear the identify of Barca and are prepared to lose cash to adapt to the wage scale.
“We’re proud to see how individuals are prepared to lose cash to return to this membership. The brand new wage construction have to be honest and secure.
“We don’t need to discuss names, as a result of they’ve a contract with their golf equipment, however it’s true that we need to reinforce positions that we contemplate basic.”
