Alena Creating the Future of Barcelona's Midfield Safe

Barcelona do not seem to confuse what will become their midfield after the Sergio Busquets era. Ernesto Valverde as coach, prepares Carles Alena as the senior.

Nearly two decades, Barcelona's defensive shares have always been filled correctly. From the Pep Guardiola era then to Xavi Hernandez, until Andres Iniesta performed. Now that task is the responsibility of Busquets.

Before the match against Real Valladolid Valverde prepared minutes for Alena. The reason, of course, is to increase the player's flight hours.

"So far he has not had the opportunity to play that he should get. Therefore, I feel he deserves more playing time. I have seen his efforts during training and it seems that there is nothing wrong to try it," Valverde was quoted as saying in English Sport.

"But I just want to say that competition in his position is not easy. He started the season from the beginning, but after not playing again. This means that there is something he has done this season," Valverde said.

This season, Alena was only during the match by Valverde against Athletic Bilbao. At that time, he started the match from the start and was drawn in the second round and was replaced by Ivan Rakitic.

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