In the 23rd round of La Liga, Barcelona won last season's La Liga champions Atletico Madrid 4-2, back to the top four of the table, 4 new signings in the winter window have three people who have achieved assists or goals, for the time being, it can be said that Barca's reinforcement has done a good job, but from the perspective of the team's long-term team building plan, is this the case?
In the winter transfer window, Barca's main reinforcements are right-back Alves and three strikers Torres, Aubameyang and Traore. Alves and Aubameyang joined as free agents without signing fees, Traore joined on loan and did not need to sign a fee, only Ferran Torres spent Barca 55 million euros on transfer fees, and in terms of signing costs alone, these four transactions are quite cost-effective, and there will be no exaggerated figures in salary.
Alves is on base salary, Traore doesn't need much on loan, only Torres and Aubameyang may have slightly higher salaries, but the team also cleaned some players in the winter window to free up the salary cap. Every move of Barca seems to be reasonable, but when we look back, we will find that which of these newly recruited players is in line with the tiki-taka passing tactic that Xavi wants to play?
The 38-year-old Alves is just a temporary reinforcement of last resort, this elderly player is difficult to have enough physical strength to support the performance under the strong dialogue, Barca really has no extra funds to spend on the position of right-back, will have to sign him, if it were not for Alves's feelings for the club is also a completely untenable signing.
And the loan-out Traore believes that Barca should not buy him after the expiration of his contract, after all, how can a player who is a rough player in the Premier League adapt to Xavi's embroidered tactical requirements? These two players are simply the reinforcements that the team is eager to grab points to complete.
Aubameyang's technique is not rough and detailed, and it is more than enough for him to play a counterattack arrow, but the player has been in average form for the past two years, and I believe that Barca also saw that there was just a chance to get a visa-free opportunity, so by the way, only Ferran Torres, who spent 55 million, could be the future that Barca really intended to cultivate. Torres is technically delicate, but it is difficult to find a chance to play in the star-studded Manchester City in the front line, so he sought a transfer.
Torres has absolute potential to become the pawn of the new generation of Spanish internationals, and Real Madrid signed Camaringa, Barca also need such a future star to be cultivated in the squad, and Torres, whose technical characteristics have not yet been fully formed, also has the possibility of shaping, and it is not difficult to integrate into Barca's future tactics. So in the end, in fact, only Torres is alone, is the real "correct reinforcement", which holes to fill which can not be called reconstruction.