For Laporta and Barca, the team's performance in the first half of the season did not live up to expectations at all. In the Champions League, they have returned home, and the process is not wonderful, the gap in strength with the top teams is visible to the naked eye; in the league, they have been unable to find the rhythm, although there are signs of recovery, but in the past 5 league games, they have only won 2 games, the winning rate is only an embarrassing 40%. In the standings, their point gap at the top of the table has widened to 15 points. For Barca, who are looking to return to the top, there is still a lot of work that Xavi and his players need to do.
In this case, Barca naturally became one of the most active teams in this transfer window. After all, instead of expecting the young Harvey to "turn decay into magic", it is better to look for players who can directly enhance the strength of the team in the transfer market. Judging from a series of operations in the transfer market, Barca have focused their reinforcements on the offensive end, and they have signed players such as Ferran Torres and Traore. Among them, Ferran Torres has already proved his ability in the game. Both in the winger position and in the center position, Ferran Torres has performed quite well. In particular, his ability to run without the ball and shoot on goal is even more eye-catching. In the last 2 games, the 21-year-old attacker has contributed 1 goal and 1 assist.
The arrival of Traore is also very worth mentioning. The physically strong winger is quite capable of individually, the most capable player in the five major leagues. This season, although Traore has only contributed 1 goal in 20 league games and has not delivered assists, he can complete an average of 4 passes per game, and this breakthrough efficiency makes top wingers such as Salah and Foden lament. In addition to his excellent breakthrough ability, Traore has also done quite well in passing, having tried 15 long passes this season, 10 of which have been successfully passed to the feet of his teammates, with a success rate of 67%, which is the seventh most out of all wingers in the league. In addition, he has a 76% pass success rate in the front, which is also quite good as a winger. For Barca, with Fati and Dembele suffering frequent injuries, it is difficult for the team to support the second half of the season with Depay and Ferran Torres alone, so the arrival of Traore has made the team's personnel reserves in the forward line more abundant.
Speaking of Depay, the Netherlands international was the biggest contributor to the team's attacking end in the first half of the season, scoring eight goals in 16 league games and providing two assists for his teammates. However, judging by his performances over the past period of time, Depay seems to have lost his shooting boots, and he has been unable to score in four consecutive games. In all the matches during this period, his rating did not reach 7 points, and even one game received a failing score of 5.75 points. From the technical characteristics, Depay's excellent performance requires the whole team to build a tactical system centered on him. In the first half of the league, fati and other main players were injured, other players have limited ability, Depay has indeed become the team's offensive core, but after the team made a large number of reinforcements, in the second half of the league, Depay is difficult to continue to play this role, which is bound to affect his play. So if Depay can't adjust his positioning well, his position within the team could be a bit awkward.
Another player who is somewhat similar to Depay's situation is Frankie De Jong. The Dutch national team midfielder has seen his importance within Barca have declined this season. Especially after Harvey's arrival, Frankie de Jong has not yet conquered Harvey with his own performance. It is reported that Harvey wants to sweep Frankie De Jong out of the house and use the transfer funds to sign some players that the team needs more. In the transfer market, Frankie De Jong is worth 70 million euros, ranking second in the Barca squad, behind Pedri. However, despite being unpopular with Harvey, the 24-year-old Frankie De Jong has been favored by some big teams. According to Spain 6, Paris Saint-Germain has communicated with Barca to sign the midfielder at the end of the season to replace Wijnaldum, who may leave the team.
In addition, although the winter transfer window has been closed, Barca's signings are still not over, and they have finalized a top scorer, he is Aubameyang. Barca's transfer operation for Aubameyang has been going on for some time, but there has been no agreement with Arsenal. According to transfer expert Romano and Radio Corbe, under the unremitting efforts of Barca, Aubameyang's transfer has finally been "dark", and they have confirmed the signing of the Gabonese goalscorer. It is reported that Aubameyang first completed the termination of the contract with the team, and then transferred to Barca as a free agent and signed a one-and-a-half-year contract. Aubameyang accepted a sharp pay cut. In the first half of the season with Barca, his monthly salary was even only 5,000 euros. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)