Squad Overhaul
As a Barcelona fan last few years have been so hard and testing, full of disappointment and displeasure. The downward spiral has evolved from disappointments to humiliation now. Bartomeu and his board has tried a few things to control the damage ,but only to make thing worse and the vicious cycle isn't stopping. He changed the managers(but at wrong time), signed high profile players ,but nothing happened in his favor. Here are few things that can bring us back to glory.
1) New President and manager:
- If I'm not wrong ,every Barcelona fan is sick and tired of this board. This board has been so incompetent to solve the problems, they have to go asap. Victor Font or Loparte should take over as president, but Font looks better prepared and has been working for years on his project. He has clear ideas and a defined project.
- For managerial job we need someone who has the guts to exercise his authority and plans , not someone who bows before the board in every matter.For that reason Xavi Hernandez would be the ideal candidate. Garcia Pimienta would be the ideal candidate to take over till Xavi's appointment. Garcia's appointment will be a great news for La Masia players because he knows each and every one of them and definitely they will get more opportunities under his leadership.
2) Depend upon La Masia :
We can't go into market to solve our issues everyday. We have to rely on our homegrown players if they are good enough. Here are few names who can help the first team immediately or after 2-3 seasons.
- Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati , Monchu Rodriguez, Ronald Araujo (of B team) ,Akeime and Alex Collado are the ones who can help the team now.
- Ilaix Moriba, Aljandro Balde, Dani Morer and Mbuyamba would be prepared for the main squad in next few years.
3) Offload older players and mediocre players:
- Sergio Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal, Suarez and Pique have well passed their peaks. They are no more effective. They need to be offloaded with respect and honour. I hope they realise it and leave themselves instead of being forced out. Xavi ,Puyol and Iniesta are role models for them , who retired with honour. We can earn at least 40 million from their sales. Secondly, it will decrease the wage bills.
- Sergi Roberto and Semedo don't have the calibre to play for Barca, we can offload them for a combined fee of around 75million.
- Few younger players should also be sold which includes Wague, Miranda and Todibo.
4) New Signings :
We can compete with the big clubs without making new signings. Following should be our policy:
- Bring back Coutinho and Thiago:
- Swap Griezmann with either Neymar or Jadon Sancho
- Sign a new midfielder : Cristopher Nkunku would be my choice. He is young, creative and energetic. At 22 years of age he has15 assists in Bundesliga this season.
- New Centre Backs= Upamecano for 60million and Eric Garcia + Cancelo in swap deal with Semedo
- Full Backs= Sergino Dest for 20 million and Jose Gaya/ Grimaldo for around 40 million.
Comments
where is panic? and what about Emerson? and Garcia and nkunku will not play as a backup. also aurajo and Puig will not get any minutes. looks more like FIFA then real life
he is already 30 years old.
Abbas Hussain, so we will bench the new player we just bought???
lance Pereira, your points are valid. As far Pjanic is concerned, he is a temporary solution and not part of a long term project. I mentioned only Messi's name among the older players.
lance pereira, no player can be a starter from the onset, everyone has to fight for his place, and the coach must be strong enough to reward the younger players if they outplay the seniors.
Abbas Hussain, but spending 60 million and not even including him on the bench looks dumb
lance pereira, I posted a team that has to be built over 2 seasons.
Abbas Hussain, so are we selling him in 2 seasons after spending 60 million?
yes yes,I agree with you so Barcelona what can we do now.
I like and share the same view with you man I only disagree with you when you think coutinho can bench puig