Barcelona are reported to be weighing up striker choices to finally substitute Robert Lewandowski, though their early shortlist options at the least one very unrealistic goal.
Lewandowski just lately celebrated his thirty sixth birthday. However whereas the veteran Pole has began the brand new season in good kind, scoring 4 instances in his first 5 La Liga appearances, the membership can not ignore the truth that he’s now properly into the latter phases of his profession.
Barca spent large cash on Vitor Roque till deciding fairly shortly that the younger Brazilian was not what they wished. In the summertime, he was loaned to Actual Betis for the season, with each the choice of an extra yr and a everlasting switch for under a slight loss.
SPORT writes that the Barcelona hierarchy are starting to internally focus on attainable targets and there are three names which have gained essentially the most traction thus far.
The primary is the plain: Erling Haaland. The Manchester Metropolis striker is undeniably one of the best goalscorer on the earth, discovering the online 99 instances in his first 104 video games for them. His profession tally for membership and nation thus far is an astonishing 284 by the age of simply 24. Most do not make that in a profession.
However even when Metropolis are severely punished for alleged monetary breaches and there’s a hearth sale, Barca would nonetheless wrestle to compete financially with different anticipated suitors. The Norwegian is one among Metropolis’s highest earners on greater than €24m (£20m) per season. The asking value is also round €175m (£147m), relying on the circumstances on the time.
Solely barely much less reasonable than pursuing Haaland goes after Viktor Gyokeres. Beforehand a decrease league participant all through most of his profession, the Swede had a breakout season with Sporting CP in 2023/24 when he scored 43 instances in all competitions and already has 9 to his identify in 2024/25.
However with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Paris Saint-Germain all linked with Gyokeres, in addition to a €100m (£84m) launch clause that Sporting have vehemently refused to barter over, the 26-year-old may also be out of Barcelona’s value vary.
At €65m (£54.5m), Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig is likely to be extra reasonably priced. It’s a related quantity to Dani Olmo this previous summer time, whereas Sesko is already understood to have an settlement in place with Leipzig that might facilitate his exit subsequent summer time, regardless of just lately signing a brand new contract. Of the three choices on Barcelona’s lips, he’s the most affordable however the least prolific goalscorer.
