Jordi Alba Involved in Heated Exchange With Rayo Vallecano Player After Barcelona Goalless Draw at Camp Nou

• Jordi Alba was involved in a bust-up with one of the Rayo Vallecano players in the Camp Nou tunnel on matchday one of La Liga
• Barcelona were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Rayo Vallecano, which left Alba enraged as the Catalans dropped points at home
• Barcelona will be hoping to bounce back in their next game as they bid to wrestle the La Liga title from Real Madrid this season

Barcelona fans are still mauling over the Catalans’ disappointing goalless draw on matchday 1 of the 2022/23 La Liga campaign at home to Rayo Vallecano.

Jordi Alba, who featured in the game for Barcelona was also furious with the result at full-time that he confronted one of the Rayo Vallecano players at the Camp Nou tunnel after the game.

According to Barca Universal, Alba and Ivan Balliu of Rayo Vallecano were involved in a verbal spat with the Barcelona player accusing his opponent of talking too much.

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Balliu would later reveal that part of Rayo Vallecano’s game plan was to frustrate the veteran Spanish defender, which he believed worked well all through the encounter.

“We knew that we could create danger behind Jordi Alba, also with the aerial game, and we had worked the match to be able to attack in that area.”

Jordi Alba will hope to play a key role in helping Barcelona bounce back when they next tackle Real Sociedad in their next game.

Barcelona still has a lot to resolve in the next two weeks

Meanwhile, Barcelona still intends to add two or three new players to the squad before the end of the summer transfer window in two weeks, Marca reports.

The Catalan giants are looking to add a right-back this summer and are still in pursuit of Manchester City midfielder, Bernardo Silva.

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Robert Lewandowski, Jules Kounde, Raphinha, Frank Kessie, and Andreas Christensen has already joined the Blaugrana this summer, while the club also renewed the contract of Ousmane Dembele.

Barcelona ready to raid Villareal for highly-rated Argentine defender

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Barcelona are in the market for a new right-back as Xavi looks to continue rebuilding the Catalan giants ahead of the 2022/23 season.

The La Liga giants have now identified Villareal defender, Juan Foyth as their prime target after getting dumped by Chelsea defender, Cesar Azpilicueta.

Villareal has set Foyth’s release clause at €65million after the Argentine defender joined them permanently last summer following his initial loan spell from Tottenham.