Following Lucas Digne’s move to Everton from Barcelona last summer, Jordi Alba was the only recognised left-back at the Camp Nou.
The Spain international’s long-term future took a while to be resolved since he was promised a new deal more than 18 months ago by former technical secretary Robert Fernandez. He signed a new long-term deal and his new contract at the club will expire in 2024.
Now that Alba’s future is sorted, the La Liga winners will shift their focus to bringing in a back-up for the 30-year-old and Mundo Deportivo takes a look at the situation in today’s edition of the newspaper.
It’s claimed Barcelona are not looking to bring in a ‘top’ quality fullback as the position is already covered by the former Valencia man.
They are in search of a player who is ready to accept a substitute’s role and will be a ‘low cost’ signing for them, someone who will be at the club for two to three seasons.
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Ernesto Valverde’s side have identified several profiles and this includes Arsenal’s Nacho Monreal, Alberto Moreno of Liverpool, Atletico Madrid left-back Filipe Luis and Rayo Vallecano’s Alex Moreno.
Mundo reports the ‘final decision’ will be taken in the ‘next few weeks’.