According to Florian Plettenberg, the German giant has been planning to recruit the Barcelona star for a long time.

Ronald Araujo is one of the elite products of La Masia furnace. He was promoted to Barcelona’s first team in 2020 and has since become a key factor in the Catalan team’s defense.

Possessing an ideal physique and the ability to judge situations, Araujo always knows how to make things difficult for the strikers, even though the person standing on the other side of the front line is the tricky Vinicius Junior.

Araujo is currently enjoying life at Barcelona , ​​but with the Catalan team falling into a financial crisis, some teams want to take this opportunity to find a way to recruit the Uruguayan midfielder.

According to Florian Plettenberg, Bayern Munich is paying special attention to Araujo. In fact, they have been following the 24-year-old star for the past 2 years and are planning to approach him.

Meanwhile, Araujo is also quite open to the prоspect of moving to Allianz Arena to play. It can be seen that the Uruguayan star’s move is opening up great opportunities for the German giant.

In case Barca refuses to sell Araujo, Bayern can use Joshua Kimmich as part of the deal. 

 Kimmich is Xavi’s top target.

The German midfielder has played an important role in the Gray Tigers squad in recent years. However, coach Thomas Tuchel is looking to innovate the midfield when targeting names that are more competitive like Palhinha or Eduardo Camavinga. Therefore, in case they find a suitable target in January, Bayern’s midfield will be overloaded.

If that scenario happens, Bayern could accept parting ways with Kimmich in exchange for a quality, sustainable choice in defense.

As for Barca, coach Xavi has also admired Kimmich for a long time. The German player may be the perfect solution to fill the void left by Sergio Busquets.

Also according to Florian Plettenberg, Kimmich is completely open to the prоspect of starting a new chapter in his career at Camp Nou.

 Kimmich is ready to move to Barca.

Meanwhile, Barca does not need to worry too much about defense because in addition to Araujo and Xavi, there are still two quality options named Christian Eriksen and Jules Kounde.

Possessing a series of high-class central defenders has caused many difficulties for Xavi. The Spanish captain once had to push Araujo and Kounde to play right back. In some matches, he used Christensen as a defensive midfielder.

Therefore, Kounde’s departure will help Xavi more conveniently arrange the squad, and at the same time find a solution to strengthen the midfield when the trio of Pedri, Gavi and Frenkie de Jong are showing inconsistency. physically okay. 

Furthermore, with the financial crisis, the player swap option will be the most optimal solution for Barca to own Kimmich.