For Barca, after Laporta returned to the team again, although he suffered a lot of criticism, from the perspective of the team's operation, Laporta's work has achieved good results. It is reported that Barca's salary expenditure has been significantly reduced this season, reaching 159 million euros, and the team's financial situation has improved significantly. Judging from the current situation, next season, Barca's salary space will reach 400 million euros, which will make the team more comfortable in the transfer market and help them sign some top-level players, so that the team can once again restore the top competitiveness.
Judging from Barca's current squad, the team has not reached the ideal state on all three lines. On the forward line, after Aubameyang came to the team, they had two players in the center position, Luc De Jong and Aubameyang, as well as Depay and Ferran Torres, who could make cameo appearances in the center position. However, objectively speaking, Luc De Jong does not have the ability to play the main force, he is only suitable as a role player. Aubameyang had high hopes for the team, but in the first half of the league the Gabon striker was not in perfect shape, with a decline in running speed and shooting efficiency. Whether Harvey can reactivate it is unknown. Depay has scored the most goals in the team so far this season, but if there is a suitable centre-forward in the team, he seems to be able to play even more powerfully on the wing. The situation is somewhat similar to that of Ferran Torres, whose winger position is more in line with his technical characteristics than the centre-forward position.
In the backline, Pique and Eric Garcia were more likely to play as the team's starting centre-back, although neither player performed well. Among them, Pique's competitive status has declined significantly due to age problems, averaging only 6.87 points per game this season; Eric Garcia is only 21 years old, and his main problem is that his personal ability does not reach the level of the team's main players, and his defensive performance in most games is quite average. Araujo has been more consistent in terms of performance, averaging 2.2 successful tops and 1.9 clearances per game, both of which rank second in the team. In this case, Barca need a higher level of centre-back, with Christensen and Ginter both on the squad's reinforcement list. In addition, alba is 32 years old on the flanks, especially at left-back, and his form is showing signs of decline. Sources say Xavi is following Spain international Ghaja in hopes of signing him at the end of the season.
The midfield position is the best position for Barca as a whole. In the midfield, they have veteran players such as Busquets and Roberto, stars of the year such as Frankie De Jong, and young talents such as Pedri and Garvey. Among the above players, Pedri, De Jong and others are the most concerned midfielders in European football, with a value of more than 70 million euros. However, there have always been obvious problems with the team's midfield defence. In terms of technical characteristics, whether it is Busquets or Frankie De Jong, their passing, organization and strategy skills are good, but their defensive ability is relatively average, especially in terms of physical confrontation ability, they always look quite difficult when facing the opponent's physically strong and fast offensive players. With midfielders unable to hold defensive positions, the team naturally comes under more pressure in the backline. This is also one of the reasons for the poor quality of the team's defense.
In summary, Harvey has always wanted to have a midfielder with excellent physical condition, strong mobility and large coverage. According to Juan Matti, a transfer expert for the daily sports newspaper, Barca are ready to poach from AC Milan and have contacted The 48 million euro Casey, the opponent's main midfielder, hoping to take him to the Camp Nou stadium in a free-of-the-way way. Technically, Casey has excellent physical qualities, excellent defensive interception ability in midfield, and has a lot of experience in back-insertion attack, and has scored 5 goals in the league this season. It is reported that Casey has decided to refuse the team's contract extension, creating good conditions for Barca to successfully complete this transfer. Since Harvey has always been unhappy with Frankie De Jong, if the team successfully signs Casey, he is likely to choose to let De Jong leave the team and continue to recruit with the transfer funds obtained.
In addition, the renewal negotiations of the team's main winger Dembele have been completely concluded, and the two sides have confirmed that they will not renew their contracts. Without leaving the team in past transfer windows, Dembele would expire on his contract at the end of the season before leaving the team as a free agent. According to Sky Sports, Chelsea manager Tuchel is pushing the team to sign Dembele. In Tuchel's opinion, he is very familiar with the technical characteristics of the French winger, who can play a big role in the team's tactical system. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)