After the retirement of the great captain Carles Puyol in 2014, FC Barcelona have tried to get a central team that fits the size of Tarzan azulgrana.
Many have been hired with great expectation, but it was Javier Mascherano, the one from San Lorenzo managed to keep the position, THE CHIEF with his big heart at times reminded us of Puyol, the Argentine with his dedication and that ability to sacrifice his life to defend his goal of the enemy attack gave him recognition from the great fan of culé.
Unfortunately, Javier Alejandro has already announced his departure from FC Barcelona in 2018 to Asian lands, exactly Habei Fortune of the Chinese League, a team led by Manuel Pellegrini.
Many people wonder who should be hired to fill the vacancy that Mascherano will leave, after the great failures of the Barcelona directive to hire a quality central, among those failures we must name the controversial French Jérémy Mathieu and the Belgian crystal Thomas Vermaelen, not to mention the names that were also linked to the club blaugrana to occupy that position and that never came, names.
The tide of rumours brings a pleasant sound to Catalana's fans, the imminent arrival of central defender Yerry Mina, a 23-year-old Colombian boy who currently plays for Palmeiras in the Brazilian league. FC Barcelona would be willing to pay for it in the amount of 9 million euros.
Yerry does not hide from the leaders of Palmeiras their desire to leave Brazil and head for Spain.
In my very personal opinion, the hiring of Yerry Mina would bring that central so desired by the Spanish team, this guy whose characteristics are ideal to play in any club of world-wide stature, with his 1.93 m height, is fast and precise in the closings, besides being very dangerous in the air game, a characteristic that interests very much to those of Camp Nou. In other words, Yerry Mina would be a slightly taller Eric Abidal.
An additional burden brought by the Colombian born in Guachené would be that spark that resembles Dani Alvés, that joy, spontaneity, fun inside the wardrobe and on the field of play that for a time the Brazilian was responsible for transmitting to his colleagues would now be in the hands of the Colombian.
Friends must prepare to enjoy the fun dances that Yerry Mina will impose at the Camp Nou every time he scores a goal, take the stage from now on, a great player comes to FC Barcelona's payroll after the World Cup of Russia 2018.
Tomorrow we'll be talking about Eden Hazard, his possible future merengue.