After registering Ferran Torres, the Barca top continues to reinforce in the winter window. Earlier, the Spanish media "World Sports" exposed a rather surprising news. Barca have spoken to Oscar's agent, Kia Joorabchian ( who is also Coutinho 's agent ) , who wants to bring in the Brazilian midfielder in the winter window, the media said.
Although the authority of the World Sports Newspaper is general, the news that Barca intends to win an Oscar has also been confirmed by the domestic famous Binyan. It can be seen that Barca are indeed interested in the midfielder who currently plays for Shanghai Seaport.
But for such news, we are also quite curious, why do the rebuilding Barca frequently look at the 30+ veterans? How likely are Oscar to join Barca in January?
In our minds, reconstruction is a cause for young people. A group of talented young players from all positions come together to grow together and hold up the future of the club. Like Manchester United in the Solskjaer era, the target of reinforcements is mainly young people around 25 years old, and C Ronaldo, who was introduced last summer, are the only two 30+ players. And the current controversy caused by Ronaldo also proves that if the coexistence of veterans and young people is not handled well, it will not only affect the great cause of reconstruction, but also hinder the development of young people.
The previous introduction of Alves was mainly due to the lack of right-backs, and Destin was not reused by Xavi. And Barca midfielder already has veteran Busquets, De Jong, Garvey, Nico, Pedri and other young people are also growing steadily, why introduce the 30-year-old Oscar?
"Is this following the example of Real Madrid?" One fan's point seems to make some sense.
After the departure of C Ronaldo, Real Madrid also fell into a period of reconstruction for a period of time, changing managers several times in the middle, and finally Zidane entered the palace to stop the decline slightly. However, real Madrid has become strong again this season. After 21 league rounds, they have won 15 games and lost only 2, scoring 45 goals and conceding only 18, making them the number one favorite for La Liga champions. They also reached the round of 16 in the Champions League, and even if they encountered The Greater Paris, they also had the courage to go further.
Why Real Madrid can once again show a stable and strong championship competition in a short period of time, a key factor lies in the stability of their midfield. The "ceremonial midfielder" and Benzema are still the brains that support real Madrid's offensive and defensive conversions. As long as these 4 players with top ability and tacit understanding sit in the midfield, Real Madrid's young players have the main backbone and can grow healthier and smoother. We can see that by Benzema's side, Vinicius has finally completed his transformation this season, and Rodrigo and Camarenga are also realizing their potential step by step.
Harvey attaches great importance to young players in youth training, Garvey and Nico get a lot of playing time, but young means inexperienced and easy to make mistakes recklessly. It's also not a good thing to have them play too many games at once. As we can see, the 33-year-old Busquets is still indispensable, but he also needs to take a break. To date, he has played 26 games for Barca, the most of any midfielder.
Therefore, it is indeed necessary to introduce a mature midfielder whose technical style is suitable for the team's playing style. On the one hand, it can quickly provide immediate combat strength; on the other hand, it can serve as an example for young players and help them grow better.
Oscar hopes to return to European football and is willing to accept a salary cut, even to emulate Alves's 150,000 annual salary, which makes the financially tight Barca executives move. In addition, Oscar has dual Italian and Brazilian citizenship and will not occupy Barca's non-EU quota, which also lays the foundation for transfers.
The biggest problem at the moment is the attitude of the seaport. Oscar is now worth around €18 million, with Harbour having signed him from Chelsea for €60 million. Considering that Oscar is not an active Brazilian international, and the contract is more than 2 years away, the reasonable transfer fee is around 20 million euros, but Barca certainly can't pull out the money.
However, in addition to the attitude of the players, the investment restrictions of the Chinese Super League will also become the driving force for transfer. Oscar's current annual salary is as high as 20 million euros, which accounts for almost half of the total investment limit of 300 million for clubs. Although from the previous regulations, the excess of the Oscar salary introduced before 2020 will not be calculated in the budget, but it will only end in 2023.
Therefore, if the players are willing to do so, it is expected that a solution will eventually be found. The deal with a total price of 65 million yuan has not yet been completed in installments, so let's be optimistic.