Once the 2022/23 season begins, records prove that the courageous investments made by Joan Laporta’s board of directors are correct when it comes to activating the levers in order to strengthen the team.
Robert Lewandowski leads the causes of FC Barcelona, as the Polish striker scored 11 goals in the eight official matches he played in the Barcelona shirt, and is one of the mainstays that keep fans excited for this new team.
The transfer market became a phase of opportunity for the Catalan entity and those years in which the club was in difficulty and the club had to sell footballers so that it could close the exits – or give up – for some footballers. In this sense, the web portal associated with Barça culemania.com indicates the movements that Matteo Alemani and his company will make next summer, since it is also expected to be very mobile.
First, the summer market opening date of 2023 will be one day after the contracts of important players such as Sergio Busquets or Memphis Depay have expired. Earth Axis had already decided to end his role as a footballer at the time, while the Dutch striker’s future was still on the horizon. The exit did not materialize last August, and against Elche, he once again began to show his quality with a superb goal with a personal signature included.
The Blaugrana Sports Administration will also have to address the cases of Jordi Alba and Pique. The entity will provide the 23 million that Busquets will receive today and can do the same with the second and fourth leaders’ high chips. They both have a contract until the summer of 2024 and have lost ownership of Xavi’s team, and for this reason, a friendly departure can be agreed or the contract terminated, as Barcelona did with footballers such as Neto, Ureki, Boeing or Monegueza.
Aside from the sacred cow issue – which would kick up a very significant amount of the wage bill – the Collie Sports Department could shut down Leo Messi’s famous return to Barcelona. It is one of the great surprises that the club can prepare for next summer, because apart from the salary space that the departure of the leaders will provide, Messi ends his contract with Paris Saint-Germain on June 30, 2023.
Laporta confirms that they are also studying to get a young alternative striker with a lot of potential who accepts to replace Lewandowski, apart from noting that Barcelona have not forgotten Juan Foyth, Xavi’s favorite winger who will replace the Bellerin player. Which is also free next summer. But the surprise, most shocking of all, will be the possible departure of Ansu Fati, who had an alternative status, a contract until 2027 and a very high market price given his status at a young age of 19.