Sport: The war gives Barcelona the alternative Joker to Jordi Alba

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It seems that Barcelona is on a great date with luck during the coming period, regarding the inclusion of a free, high-caliber deal in the next summer Mercato.

FIFA has issued a decision, stating that foreign football players who play in this country can terminate their contracts on June 30, and the Blaugrana team will appreciate strengthening itself in the transfer market without paying the transfer cost.

Catalan club officials continue to work to improve the team for the next season, and thus, the measure approved by FIFA as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it is likely that the Blaugrana team will benefit in the summer transfer market.

According to the Spanish newspaper Sport, Barcelona is on its way to take advantage of FIFA’s decision to end the contracts of all foreign players in the Russian League starting next June, as the players were given the freedom to leave for free from their clubs in light of the war on Ukraine.

FIFA has decided to allow foreign players in Russia and Ukraine to terminate their contracts to sign with other clubs during this period.

And according to what was published by the Catalan newspaper Sport, Barcelona is striving to consolidate one of the positions in the team, which is the left-back position occupied by the great star Jordi Alba, and to the names of Jose Luis Gaia or Alejandro Grimaldo, the 27-year-old Brazilian Douglas Santos can also be added. , from Zenit Saint Petersburg.

She explained that Barcelona is on its way to sign Douglas Santos, the left back of the Russian team Zenit, to strengthen its ranks next season, free of charge, to be the successor to Jordi Alba, the main back-back to Barca.
She stated, that the Brazilian player arrived in Russia in 2019, coming from Hamburg, and before that he had trained at Atlético Mineiro and Udinese.

And the newspaper said, this is his third season and in all of them he was an undisputed key player, occupying the left lane, although he can also act as a central defender and central defender. In total, he played 99 games with Zenit, scored three goals and provided 18 assists.