In the past dozen seasons, Barca have been the most offensive team in La Liga and even in European football, and even have a history of scoring more than 100 goals in consecutive seasons. However, after the start of the season, Messi's departure still put Barca in a lot of trouble on the offensive end, so that for a long time they were in the throes of the "post-Messi era", and once they could not enter the top four in the league, which was completely unimaginable in the previous season. Fortunately, after Barca's coaching change and winter transfer period, the current situation of the team has been greatly improved, at least to ensure the top four places in the league.
Opening the goal data of the current Barca squad, you will find a very interesting thing, Barca's player who scored the most goals in the league is their summer transfer period visa-free Depay, scoring 10 goals in 18 games, followed by Luke De Jong's 5 goals, and then 3 goals, 2 goals, 1 goal players, so that Aubameyang, who only joined Barca in the winter transfer period, scored 3 goals, and can become the team's third-ranked goalscorer. Although Barca have scored as many as 19 players this season, they still lack a stable and efficient attacking point, which is also a problem that Xavi needs to focus on in the transfer period before the start of the new season.
Before the start of the season, no one expected such a situation, and the general perception at that time was that Barca had Messi, Depay, Aguero and the young Ansufati and others enough to support a multi-front game in a season. However, Messi left the team, Aguero chose to retire, Fati and Depay suffered injuries, and even for a while Xavi had very limited manpower in his hands, which was also a big reason why he signed Ferrantores and Aubameyang during the winter transfer period. Previously, it was reported that Barça was in contact with Haaland's team, but the transaction was very difficult to complete, not only the willingness of the players, but also the problem of transfer fees and competitors, and the current Barça really did not have much competitiveness to attract the top stars of world football.
According to Spanish media reports, Barca will try to sign Arsenal's center striker Lacazette at the end of the season, allowing Aubameyang and Lacazette to complete the reunion at Camp Nou. The 30-year-old French shooter and Arsenal's contract will expire at the end of the season and will become free agents, and if Barca and Lacazette finish signing, there will be no transfer fee, which is very important for Barca. Lacazette has scored three goals and seven assists at Arsenal this season, a decline from peak form, and Arsenal manager Arteta is not ready to renew his contract with Lacazette.
In addition to Lacazette's possible departure, Neymar, Greater Paris' top scorer, could also leave at the end of the season. According to French media reports, the management of Greater Paris said in an interview that if Neymar intends to leave the team this season, they will not block it. Judging from the current situation, Greater Paris is preparing for the reconstruction of the team, and all the efforts made by the team before the start of the season in order to impact the Champions League have been accompanied by the reverse transformation of Real Madrid, and Greater Paris will indeed carefully consider the strength of the current team. And if Neymar leaves, what choice will Messi make?