Barca News Network
·28 December 2024
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·28 December 2024
FC Barcelona started this season in an incredible fashion and emerged as one of the favorites for the big trophies in Europe and Spain in the first phase of the season.
However, they have been struggling to get the required results in La Liga lately, and the form they have shown suggests making some much-needed reinforcements to their squad.
The Catalan club’s sporting department is already working on these required reinforcements, but the Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo has undertaken a survey of the club members to assess and understand their aspirations for the market.
The results of this survey show that the Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is the player that the majority of these members, 14%, wanted to see in their team next season. Following him closely was Nico Williams, as 12.66% of members wanted him in their team.
Gyokeres got the nod from 6.33% of the members, while other players like Bernardo Silva, Alexander Arnold, and Joshua Kimmich only got a negligible number of votes.
There are no new arrivals expected in the January transfer window, but these members were also asked about the positions that they would like Barcelona to strengthen this winter.
A majority of these members, 27.33%, wanted the left-back position strengthened, while 24.33% wanted the center-forward position strengthened.
Thus, the results of this survey would certainly not flatter players like Alejandro Balde, Gerard Martin, or Robert Lewandowski.
On the other hand, the two positions that these members showed the most confidence in were the center-back and the right-wing, as only 0.66% and 1.33% of the members wanted these positions strengthened respectively. This could be a sign of the members’ trust in young players like Pau Cubarsi and Lamine Yamal.
Lastly, a majority of the members, 69.33%, also showed confidence in Ter Stegen’s ability to recover and return to his former form, while 26% wanted to take no risks and wanted Barcelona to sign a replacement for the German.