After dropping out of the Champions League, Barcelona will throw all their cards at winning the title in La Liga. They would certainly like the Europa League trophy, but it would hardly be valued more than the victory in the race with Real Madrid for the title of champion of Spain.After 12 rounds, the current champions stand with a one-point advantage, so an exciting race to the end is ahead of us. Real Madrid will be burdened with the defense of the European crown, which the Catalans will try to take advantage of. Aware of that, they are working hard to strengthen the team for the second part of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_6778838##Joan Laporta’s recent statement that Barcelona’s team is still being formed and that it needs to be supplemented, and that the club’s management is negotiating with the sports sector and the professional staff about potential January reinforcements, according to Mundo Deportivo, was a signal for players’ agents to start calling and offering their clients.Chelsea duo N’Golo Kante and Jorginho, Leicester’s Youri Tielemans, United’s Diogo Dalot, Dortmund’s teenager Youssoufa Moukoko and Villarreal’s Nicolas Jackson are reportedly among those most wanted. The Catalan newspaper points out that Barcelona are currently concentrating on bringing in a defensive midfielder of the characteristics of the former Dutch international Edgar Davids and a right back, while the latter two are possible reinforcements for the attack, if Memphis Depay really moves to Roma after the World Cup in Qatar, which is news that appeared recently.What all the mentioned players have in common is that their contracts expire at the end of this season, and there is no hint of an extension, so the upcoming January transfer market is the last chance for their current employers to get some sort of compensation.🚨 Barcelona will target N’Golo Kanté on a free transfer this summer to compensate for the departure of Sergio Busquets.(Source: @relevo) pic.twitter.com/Q0GuUnzZKN— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) October 29, 2022 This fact fits Laporta’s ideas perfectly because, despite the fact that he managed to boost Barcelona with a significant financial injection last summer, the first man of the club is aware that without results – read success in the Champions League – bringing reinforcements with high annual incomes will not last.Raphinha, Kounde, Lewandowski, Kessie, Christensen, Bellerin and Alonso came to the Camp Nou this summer, but it was not enough for Barcelona to qualify through the group in competition with Bayern Munich and Inter (and the last-placed Viktoria Plzen). We are waiting for new purchases of the fallen Catalan giant in two months, with which the club will try to stand up and return to the European top.
