Profile: New Barcelona signing Jeison Murillo

Photo by Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty ImagesJeison Murillo has joined Barcelona on loan from Valencia with an option to buy for €25 million at the end of the season. It’s true that Barcelona are in need of a centre-back due to niggling injury concerns, but is the Colombian a good pick knowing that they were linked to exciting players like Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen and Ajax’s Matthijs de Ligt? Is the deal a smart piece of business or a panic transfer? Let’s check it out:

Barcelona had a wonderful 2017-18 domestic season with the partnership between Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti flourishing under Ernesto Valverde. The 4-4-2, although less impulsive and dynamic, absorbed vital amounts…