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Barcelona are not advancing at a steady pace in the current season, domestically and continuously under Ronald Koeman, as the team continues to fail from the previous season, even with the change of manager.
After leaving the Champions League against Bayern Munich and the 8-2 defeat, Quique City stayed and Koeman came to coach Barcelona, but the conditions of the team did not change, and they did not change with City after He arrived in the middle of last season to succeed Erenzo Valverde.
Only 5 victories are the total that Barcelona has achieved in the Spanish League so far after 11 games have passed, in which the team lost 4 times and drew two to occupy eighth place with 17 points after playing two games less than the leader Real Sociedad.
And in Europe, the team lost the top of Group G and lost on the last day at their stadium, the Camp Nou, against Juventus by three without an answer to leave the first place to the Italian team and qualify for the second round of 16 position.
The classification made Barcelona face Paris Saint-Germain according to the competition draw, which came kindly to them instead of facing teams like: Bayern Munich, Liverpool or Manchester City.
Results that make the future of Barcelona very unlikely.
FilGoal.com Talk about what Barcelona is going through with Ian MacTayer, a journalist for the Spanish newspaper Marca.
At first, MacTayer said of Barcelona’s current situation: “There are many problems Koeman faces in Barcelona, most of which are due to the squad list that was not very planned last summer.”
“Barcelona has focused on getting rid of those with high salaries, and that made the team lack depth in training, unlike Real Madrid, for example.”
In addition, more than one important player in the squad was injured, such as Gerard Piqué and Anso Fati ”.
Barcelona get rid of Arturo Vidal, Luis Suárez and Ivan Rakitic for free to reduce the club’s salary burden.
The dispensations may have negatively affected Lionel Messi, the star of the team whose association with Suárez ended.
So far, Messi has scored just 8 goals in 15 games, 5 of them from penalties.
A Marca journalist told FilGoal.com about Messi: “It is natural that Messi’s level begins to drop, especially since he turned 33. In addition, he no longer has strong names in attack, as he used to do in the past with Neymar and Luis Suárez “.
“It is true that Antoine Griezmann is present, but there is no harmony between them.”
Mentioning the French forward, who did not show great heights with Barcelona, he said: “I think Koeman doesn’t know how to use him better. He used Griezmann in many positions but he is still fighting.”
“Diego Simeone knew how to use Griezmann very well, but Ernzo Valverde, Quique Setien and Koeman still didn’t know it.”
He considers that the solution is “if Griezmann wants to regain his usual level, he must leave Barcelona.”
But what about Osman Dembélé, the team’s wing? “He is an exciting choice for Barcelona. He is different from all Barcelona attackers because he has incomparable speed,” says McTiar.
“I would like to see Dembélé and use him better and I think that is also the desire of the Barcelona fans.”
As for the midfield, Sergio Busquets no longer performs the same performance for which he was known in previous years, as the voices demanded to place him on the bench and trust Frenkie de Jong and Miralem Pjanic.
MacTire seems to have included among these voices, “De Jong and Pjanic played most of the Champions League games together, and the team looked more solid (in midfield).”
Busquets returns to give a lot with his passes, but against the smaller teams. De Jong and Pjanic brace is the best to face teams that are difficult or dependent on attack speed ”.
Regarding the defensive line, he said: “The main problem is the absence of Piqué. His injury was a great blow since the team will miss him for several months due to a knee problem.”
Barcelona received 11 goals in 11 league games and 5 goals in 6 Champions League games.
“Barcelona have no substitutes in the center of defense. They may need to sign a defender in the winter transfer window,” he added.
But, will the economic situation of Barcelona allow hiring in the next transfer period?
To a question he answered, saying: “The club has suffered a lot from the crisis and has suffered more than others, and that is why they decided to get rid of those who had high salaries last summer.”
“For this reason, I don’t think the team will have many assignments in the upcoming winter transfer period,” he explained.
He revealed: “In addition, there are (presidential) elections scheduled for the end of next January, and therefore the council in charge of managing the club will not be authorized to enter into contracts.”
But could it be that what Barcelona is going through is due to the presence of Koeman in the position of technical director? Will his dismissal return the team to its former days? Does MacTire agree with this talk?
“No,” says MacTayer. And I don’t think they (the administration) will do that (by firing him). The problems in Barcelona go beyond the technical one ”.
Koeman’s contract extends for two years and ends at the end of the 2021-2022 season, but after the resignation of the board of directors of Josep Maria Bartomeu, months before the date of the presidential elections, the Dutch coach and the former legend Barça will not continue as a player, in his technical position with the new management that aims to restore the Catalan team. His glories.
Will Coman offer something that can persuade the new administration? Or will it continue to lead Barcelona into the abyss until the elections? An answer that we will know at the end of this season, and until a new one is found it seems that the situation in Barcelona will not change for the better.
