With Mikel Arteta seemingly needing to bring in some new faces in the transfer window to help make Arsenal a team that is challenging for silverware again, the news that Barcelona have muscled in on a potential target isn’t likely to have gone down well in North London. The Catalans will likely go into the final season of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s presidency by having put almost all of their first team squad up for sale, and to that end, they too will need some new reinforcements. Central defence appeared to be a problem area for them for many years, but the Carles Puyol/Gerard Pique pairing seemed to solve all of their issues. Once Puyol retired, Samuel Umtiti took over the mantle...
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