Despite its financial problems, FC Barcelona has ambitions for next season, while the Spanish club is leader of La Liga, ahead of 2nd, Real Madrid.
Barca have two 𝚗амеs in mind
FC Barcelona knows that it will be necessary to recruit to return to the top of European football. So Barça has checked off two big 𝚗амеs in Spanish football as priorities for the summer transfer window.
FC Barcelona needs to move on now. The future Spanish champion has certainly won two trophies this season but also two big disappointments: the two European campaigns. Faced with European leaders like Bayern Munich, Inter Milan or Manchester United, the march has been too high each time. This is why the 2023 summer transfer window promises to be decisive.
Lionel Messi and Martín Zubimendi as priorities for Xavi Hernandez
According to Mundo Deportivo, Xavi Hernandez has set two priorities for his management for this summer. Obviously, he wants the return of Lionel Messi at all costs to complete his attacking arsenal. With competition from Saudi Arabia, it will obviously be complicated. With a view to recruiting Lionel Messi, the Catalan management plans to make many departures during the next summer transfer window. FC Barcelona would indeed like to recover 120 million euros this summer. The 𝚗амеs of Clément Lenglet, Samuel Umtiti, Nico Gonzalez, Francisco Trincao, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen and Jordi Alba have been put forward by the press for possible departures.
In the case of the left side, mentioned last, the file is more complex. Competed by young Alejandro Baldé (19), Jordi Alba (34) does not always play (23 appearances, 1 goal, 6 assists), but could agree to lower his salary to stay at the club, according to information from the journalist Toni Juanmarti. Barça being very interested in the idea of lowering its payroll, the gesture could be accepted by the management, especially since Jordi Alba, in view of his age, will not attract many clubs, a priori.
Then, he would like a successor for Sergio Busquets on departure at the end of the contract. The 𝚗аме of Martín Zubimendi is announced as the player designated to replace him.
The Real Sociedad star has just extended until June 2027 with a release clause of 60 million euros. It will be necessary to sell en masse to hope to sign him in addition to Messi and his еxогƅιта𝚗т salary.
Two target scorers
FC Barcelona, which already has an agreement with a summer target, would like to secure the services of a number 9, to be the understudy of the Pole Robert Lewandowski. According to information from Mundo Deportivo, two tracks stand out. The first leads to a brief former FC Barcelona striker (January-September 2022), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Deadlocked at Chelsea, the 33-year-old Gabonese, only 3 goals this season (in just 20 appearances), wants to leave the Blues this summer. The former Stéphanois, followed in Italy, is seduced by the possibility of returning to FC Barcelona, and Chelsea could not make it difficult to let go of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at an affordable sum.
At the same time, the Catalan club is thinking of the Brazilian Vitor Roque. But the Athletico Paranaense striker already appears less affordable. Courted in Europe, the Brazilian would be worth around 40 million euros. An impossible recruitment for Barça?
