Xavi Tipped To Bench Busquets Against Villarreal

Written by Patrick Echatah

Barçelona coach Xavi Hernandez is being tipped to bench captain Sergio Busquets for the team’s next game against Villarreal on Thursday.

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The Spanish midfielder has been guilty of some poor errors against Inter and Real Madrid and looks set to pay the price.

Diario AS are reporting Xavi’s already decided to leave Busquets out and will bring in Frenkie de Jong in his place.

The report isn’t quite sure if Xavi is simply giving Busquets a breather of if this may be a regular occurrence given his mistakes and the two poor results.

AS reckon there is a bit of a debate going on at the club at present over Busquets’s “role in the team” after several “disappointing and erratic” performances.

Xavi has plenty of midfield options available and really needs to get a result against Villarreal after a tough week domestically and in Europe.

The Barcelona coach is also not expected to have any more of his injured players back for Thursday’s game.

Hector Bellerin and Memphis Depay could return against Athletic at the weekend, while Andreas Christensen is not expected back until the visit of Bayern Munich.

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Meanwhile…

Barcelona Femení captain Alexia Putellas has won the 2022 Ballon d’Or as the world’s best women’s player at the ceremony in Paris, France on Monday.

Alexia takes home the trophy for the second year in a row, and deservedly retains the title of the world’s greatest female footballer.

Alexia led Barça to the first-ever perfect Spanish league title with 30 wins in 30 games and was the top scorer in the Women’s Champions League as Barça Femení reached the Final and unfortunately lost to Lyon.

(barcablaugranes)

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