Barça’s season has started with a bang. Sure, there was that defeat against AS Monaco in midweek, but it can mostly be explained by Eric Garcia’s sending off in the first few minutes of play. In the league, the Catalans have won their first five games, and they hope to add a sixth victory to their tally against Villarreal this Sunday.
And at the same time, the management continues to work on possible arrivals for January, or even for next summer. Indeed, if Hansi Flick can line up a rather attractive eleven on paper, he does not have a lot of solutions on the bench. Especially at a time when several players like Dani Olmo or Fermin Lopez are injured. We saw it against Monaco, with a German who had to bring in young shoots from La Masia in the second half.
Barça knows what it wants
Although the financial situation of the Barcelona club is very complicated, to put it mildly, the Catalan press explains that the management wants to recruit a quality 9 to replace Lewandowski. Sport thus puts a coin in the machine concerning Erling Haaland, the big favorite of the management. An impossible transfer for the leader of the Liga currently, but the worries of Manchester City with the Premier League and possible strong sanctions like an administrative relegation could facilitate the operation.
Everything therefore remains quite conditional regarding the Norwegian. The Catalan media explains that there are two options that are a priori more affordable if the Blaugranas bring in cash in the coming months. Viktor Gyökeres, the serial scorer of Sporting Portugal, coveted everywhere in Europe and already author of 9 goals in 7 games this season, as well as Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig. Two profiles a priori less expensive than Haaland, but who remain, while waiting for Barça to resolve its problems with the financial fair play of La Liga, out of reach for the Barcelonans.
