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Barcelona are on the hunt for a winter midfield recruit who could revive their season in similar fashion to iconic former player Edgar Davids.
It has been a frustrating first half of the campaign so far for Barca, who are failing to live up to expectations after forking out close to £150million in the summer transfer window despite their well-documented financial problems.
The arrivals of Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie were viewed as the injection of quality Xavi required to propel the Catalans back to the top of European football.
Barcelona are on the hunt for an Edgar Davids-style January recruit to turn their season around
It has been a frustrating season so far for Xavi's side despite their expensive summer outlay
But that is not proving the case, with his side instead on the verge of a Champions League group-stage exit and trailing Real Madrid at the top of La Liga following a 3-1 El Clasico defeat on Sunday.
According to Mundo Deportivo, Barca are already looking ahead to the January window despite their hefty outlay in
