As recently reported, Barcelona head coach Xavi is interested in strengthening his team with Girona's Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Tsygankov. However, in reality, things turned out to be not quite like that.
The Catalan club at the moment does not make any steps aimed at acquiring the 26-year-old player, but considers such a transfer as one of the possible in case of a certain development of the situation.
According to E-noticies, we are talking about the fate of Barcelona winger Rafinha, who may change clubs during the winter transfer window. According to the publication, the Catalans are seriously considering the option of selling the Brazilian for 100 million euros and have options for this, but the footballer does not burn desire to leave "Barça". So this issue is still hanging in the air.
However, the Barcelona management has already decided on the shortlist of candidates to replace Rafinha: if the midfielder does leave the club, the Catalans will choose a replacement for him between Viktor Tsygankov from Girona, Savio from Troyes and Ansu Fati from Brighton.