3 - Alejandro Balde

We already have Cancelo ahead of him. He's a Masia lad earning not that much.

Why even worry about selling him? He has shown his potential before, maybe having Cancelo will lit a fire in him. Let's wait till next summer and then evaluate.
Upgrading on him means we atleast spend about 25m. That's not feasible, when we already need a LCB & a RB upgrade.
 
Thats true.

It makes sense to keep him, even i don't rste him, he is not what we thought he will be.
 
People underrating him a bit on here?

Has his limits no doubt especially final ball. And Cancelo has been an upgrade for us yes. Doubt the average PL club fx would pick Cancelo over him tho.

Very quick, decent defensively, technially above average. Think he'd be great in a lot teams.
 
I think we all wanted him to suceed but he never improved and he's not good enough to be a starter at Barca. I'm sure we would all love that players like him, Casado, Roony would be good enough but they just aren't. There is no conspiracy, no underrating but it's just the truth.

Balde would be ok to stay as LB backup but I think we could get a decent fee from EPL from him if Deco plays his cards right. For me he's very similar to Semedo in many ways. He had a decent career when he left us, Balde can too. The only difference is that he's La Masia and it's harder for us to sell him but it will happen sooner or later.
 
People underrating him a bit on here?

Has his limits no doubt especially final ball. And Cancelo has been an upgrade for us yes. Doubt the average PL club fx would pick Cancelo over him tho.

Very quick, decent defensively, technially above average. Think he'd be great in a lot teams.
Balde has shown lesser improvement than a 30 year old player. His abilities have been on hold for multiple years now.

He's still only 22 so there could be a club ready to bet on him getting better. They'll have to pay up though. Worst case he stays as a backup we paid nothing for.
 
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