The question of how to recruit Barcelona for money that does not exist is one thing.
Saying that they can win everything that can be won with the best goalscorer in the world is another thing.
What I basically wonder?
What exactly is their plan with all this?
So he finally went to port.
One of the worst kept summer transportation secrets was that Robert Lewandowski And his mutual interest in Barcelona.
After nearly two months of protracted negotiations between clubs and clear “statements of intent” from the main character, constantly accompanied by the rumbling sound of coin-collecting in the Barcelona office, it is now clear that the Blaugrana are a significant title candidate on all fronts once again.
Because Robert Lewandowski is very good. A young 33-year-old has been hitting targets on the assembly line for over a decade. The attacking group that scored five goals in nine minutes of the Bundesliga against Wolfsburg in 2015 (a feat we should never forget). The star who will win the shooting league title, but above all team titles, in the next few years in Catalonia.
Goal guarantee. Memorial Recruitment Star. But the winners.
So why am I still sitting here and not understanding what they’re doing?
Want to recruit more
Many have wondered how to have Barcelona with short-term debt that reaches the ears and so much anxiety with it league Salary cap, he could pay more than half a billion kroner in transfer fees – no matter who they get paid for.
Like many, they ask themselves how a few days ago they could have paid more for Ravenha than Leeds.
As many ask themselves, how did they think of convincing Jules Conde, Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso of this?
And just that, almost a billion dollars for Bernardo Silva, too.
Provided they are persuaded in the manner of an expensive transfer fee like Frenkie de Jong to give up his childhood dream and reluctantly move to Manchester to save the club’s finances.
It is also entirely justified to wonder how a club with billions of dollars and a complete inability to deal with the salary cap could make the transfer window Barca are about to make.
But they clearly do.
But if we ignore how they do it (which only looks at what they do, I still don’t see what their plan is).
Now I see a voracious abundance of attacks.
attack after attack
If we supported the squad until before last season, the most important Barcelona striker available was called Memphis Depay.
Today, Memphis Depay is the seventh unwelcome (!) option in the attacking position hierarchy.
Ansu Fati returned from injury with his old Lionel Messi number on his back. He’s not supposed to be a player on the bench.
Ferran Torres was recruited for half a billion last winter and was promoted at the time as one of the key players in the new Barcelona. It is proven that he is not supposed to be a player on the bench.
In the late January window, Ferran’s recruitment was followed up with the recruitment of veteran star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. It’s not a resource you just want on the bench.
Just like you don’t recruit Raphinha for over 700 million kroner for not playing it. Just as you don’t extend the contract with Ousmane Dembele, after all the trouble, if you don’t intend to use it.
Then Robert Lewandowski at it.
Is this really reasonable?
Six big stars that all seem to stay plus redundant Depay and Braithwaite. And that’s for three offensive positions unless Xavi is planning something really messy in terms of tactics this fall. The widest range of attacks in the world right now. The luxury trap was the word.
While it may actually be Raphinha’s employment that looks more like the luxury of plenty here, this real investment in Lewandowski raises huge questions for me.
Is it really reasonable, in the long run, for a club in the Barcelona seat to recruit a 33-year-old player for half a billion on a 3+1 contract for a good fee – no matter how astronomically good he is here currently? Is it really reasonable to pay more than 700 million Swedish kronor up front for a player who seems to need Barcelona more than they really do?
Can’t you really win the titles you want with Aubameyang, Ferran, Dembele, Fati and maybe even Memphis as your offensive options?
What exactly is the plan here?
