They forgot about Andrei Rațiu! What right defenders does Hansi Flick list have on Barcelona

Ashley Davis06/05/2025

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Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, 06 May 2025, 16:06 / Updated Tuesday, May 6, 2025 16:28

The Romanian international Andrei Rațiu has made a very good season, so far, at Rayo Vallecano, and at one point he was talking about a possible transfer to Barcelona.

The Catalan Sports and Mundo Deportivo newspapers, as well as Madrid AS, wrote in winter about the interest of Barcelona for Andrei Rațiu. The sports director of the Catalans, Deco, would have been interested in the conditions of a transfer.

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Jeremie Frimpong is “New Andrei Rațiu”

In the meantime, it seems, the situation has changed and the subject “Rațiu” is no longer current in Barcelona. Sport writes newer that Hansi Flick asked the bosses to bring a central defender to the genre of Dutch Dumfries (Inter), a band player with a special offensive potential.

Flick I suggested to Deco on Jeremie Frimpong, from Bayer Leverkusen, and this would be first on the Catalan list. Bayer Leverkusen intends to sell one of the celebrities in Mercato Summer to strengthen their finances, and if he is not forced to break away from Florian Wirtz, Frimpong could become the main candidate.

Sport writes that the Blaugrana group was offered at one point and Trent Alexander-Arnold, only that although it would have come to Zero parameter from Liverpool, the very high salary claims (installation, salary, bonuses) caused Catalans to give up.

The Sports Director Deco proposes two more stars: Dodo (Fiorentina) and Vanderson (Mónaco)

According to the same publication, Deco also has three interesting players: Brazilians Dodo (Fiorentina), Vanderson (Mónaco) and former Spanish international U21 Marc Publel. But the transfers of the first could be taken into account only at prices convenient to the club, included for years in debt.

On the other hand, Flick put Deco, very clearly, that the coming player must be “decisive and make the difference”. If it is not found, the “German technician prefers to continue focusing on the talents in La Masia. There is no other way” – Sport found.