There is more and more news about Barca's transfers, which is basically good news, and the closest to joining is Manchester United's substitute striker Cavani, who has promised Barca a one-and-a-half-year contract. Of course, if Barca want to get this striker, they still need United to agree to terminate their contract with Cavani early. This is very much in line with Barca's approach to reinforcements, as long as the player can bear part of the cost or zero cost of signing, Barca will never pay a penny more.
In fact, Barca's introduction of a 34-year-old striker is not exciting, if they can keep the 34-year-old Suarez, why bother to pursue Cavani, who gave way to C Ronaldo? It is expected that Manchester United should accede to Barca's request for early termination, on the one hand, Cavani has already decided to leave, and there is no point in barely staying. On the other hand, Cavani gave up the No. 7 shirt and center position to Ronaldo without saying a word, which was enough for United to agree to his early departure for free.
However, Cavani may not be the only South American striker to be brought in in in barca's winter window, and veteran sanchez still seems to have a chance to return to Camp Nou. Earlier, the Chilean winger did not want to join Barca, mainly because Barca could not provide him with a satisfactory annual salary. But he also knows that there is no personal prospect of staying at Inter Milan, after all, he is only the fourth striker of the team. The only attraction is that Inter Milan have a chance to defend their Serie A title, as the team is currently pushing their city rivals to lead the table.
For Inter, Sanchez is a high-paying burden, up to 8 million euros, and is a state that will not hesitate to send it away. Without Sanchez, it will not have much impact on Inter Milan, and it is worth mentioning that Inter Milan is the third most scoring team in 2021, behind Bayern and Manchester City. Having scored 48 goals in 18 games this season, averaging 2.6 goals per game, Sanchez has contributed only 3, which is basically negligible.
Sanchez is 33 years old, if he is still playing in the big club, he is basically not the main player, but it is better to join the old club Barca, but may have more opportunities to play. With his seniority and his previous double-doubles performance in three seasons at Barca, the sense of identity he has received again is definitely higher than at present, and Barca is also interested in getting him back. On the bright side, Inter are also a bit interested in Barca's midfielder Coutinho.
Coincidentally, Coutinho's old club is Inter Milan, who was still young and only a young intern of Inter Milan, and has now become a world-class star, and returning to Inter Milan is a good story. Inter milan have just successfully released 29-year-old Eriksen, and if they can sign Coutinho, who is also 29 years old, at least ensure that the midfield strength is not damaged. Coutinho also proved that Coutinho could not stand at Barca, and although he made 16 appearances this season, he only started 5 games and contributed only 2 goals.
Such a performance is not worthy of an annual salary of 13.5 million euros, and in the past it was possible to blame Messi for occupying his core role, and the functions completely overlapped, but now that Messi is no longer at Barcelona, Coutinho is still doing nothing. Therefore, Barca urgently need to clean Coutinho, and swapping with Sanchez is the fastest way. Remember that the last player swap between Barca and Inter happened a decade ago, when Ibrahimovic swapped for Eto'o, and of course, Barca paid a high transfer fee.
Barca were the biggest losers at the time, as Eto'o helped Inter Milan accomplish their treble. Now if you trade Coutinho for Sanchez, you have a chance to be the winner. Sanchez's flank breakthrough and leadership ability is still top-notch, and with the experience of the veteran road, it will definitely allow Barca to regain the competitiveness of the wing. Barca's youngsters can also learn more from Sanchez, and the flank combination of Alves and Sanchez is a combination that Xavi can rely on to fight a hard battle. Overall, this transfer deal is all needed, the respective troubles are gone, and it is expected that the chance of realization in the winter window is relatively large.