Save for a irritating spell in November, Barcelona have been going all weapons this season, however there have been exceptions to the rule with Hansi Flick’s free-scoring facet. Frenkie de Jong and Ansu Fati have struggled, each with harm points within the background, and Fermin Lopez has not kicked on as that they had been anticipated both.
Lopez was named the Player of the Tournament on the Paris Olympics, however suffered a hamstring harm in early September which stored him out for a month. Since, he has performed 13 video games, however scoring as soon as and helping twice within the Champions League. Albeit in simply 308 minutes, he’s but to make his mark on the scoresheet in La Liga.
During an M.D. column, Xavier Bosch has suggested Fermin to not let the stress get to him, seeing his frustration throughout latest missed probabilities. Equally, Bosch notes that regardless of the return of Gavi, and the signing of Dani Olmo, he can have enough alternatives. Perhaps essentially the most notable a part of the article although is that he asks supervisor Hansi Flick ‘cease Fermin leaving within the winter in order that Barcelona can earn a living’, simply as Xavi Hernandez prevented his exit two summers in the past.
Ronald Araújo almost definitely will not characteristic till after the Borussia Dortmund recreation. @tjuanmarti
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) December 5, 2024
It must be famous there was no different speak of Barcelona promoting Lopez any time quickly, and he has just lately prolonged his contract till 2029, however it’s an eyebrow-raising sentence from an skilled Barcelona-based journalist. Particularly in gentle of Barcelona’s ongoing monetary points, as they battle to discover a approach to register Olmo.
This home season, FBRef say that his pictures per recreation stats are down by 0.52, and his pictures on track per recreation are down by 0.9. In addition, his shot-creating actions have been lowered from 2.61 per recreation to 0.88. Equally, it’s value noting that his lack of targets come from an anticipated targets determine of simply 0.21.