5 players Barcelona should pursue in the January transfer window

#3 Jean Michael Seri (Midfielder, Nice)

Seri can help improve Barca's midfield problems

Another embarrassment of the summer for Barcelona, was the move for Seri which collapsed due to the Nice board, who had earlier set the buyout clause at €40 million. In spite of this, the deal never went through as Nice representatives stated that:

"they have not yet set a price on Seri"

When Barca were willing to activate his buyout clause, Seri went public with his frustration of not joining his desired club and lashed out at the Nice management for demanding more money while not providing him with the only thing he had asked of: a move to Barcelona.

On the contrary, Nice's president accused Barcelona of "messing up" with Seri's head as he was left heartbroken after the deal collapsed.

Seri is a Central Midfielder, very much like his idol Xavi, who has a trait of creating genius passes for the Nice side.

Nicknamed the "African Xavi" with great short passing skills and a good provider of long balls to his front line, Seri is a distant shooter and dictates the tempo of the game.

Xavi admires the player to a great extent and even described him as "Barca DNA". Seri's arrival will provide options to the Barca midfield and he will compete with the likes of Rakitic, Paulinho and Sergi Roberto for his spot.