This is how FC Barcelona will move through the January transfer market

After three months of competition, have confirmed the premises that Ronald Koeman already warned since it arrived to the FC Barcelona: the current staff is insufficient and need signings to increase the competitiveness, especially in the forward and in the defence. The irregularity of the team, given by the fault of forcefulness in the two areas, is something that only the incorporations could help to solve.

It knows it Ronald Koeman, that from August carries asking the signings​ of Memphis Depay (Olympique of Lyon) and Eric García (Manchester City), two affordable players by the fact to finish his agreements in June of 2021. In spite of the enormous economic difficulties of the FC Barcelona as a result of the pandemia, does not remain more option that go back to try fichar to both in January

Of these two signings prioritarios for Ronald Koeman, Memphis Depay is the one who seems more accessible by the determination taken by the Olympique of Lyon. The international Dutch has a price of exit of 5 million euros and, with a wage no too high, is a feasible option for the club. His polivalencia, contributing desborde in the band and forcefulness as '9', would help to an offensive flank very weakened without the lesionados Ansu Fati or Ousmane Dembélé.

The signing of Eric García, however, will be more complicated that the one of Memphis Depay, since the Manchester City does not have so many economic difficulties like the Olympique of Lyon. The English group does not lose the hope to convince to the Catalan so that it renew and is thus that will not give him gone out easily. But Ronald Koeman has it by prioritario, and more after the injury of Gerard Hammered.

Two problems: the time and the need to sell

The FC Barcelona only will have possibilities of fichar if it achieves to obtain liquidity through traspasos and, of course, if it lightens the mass salarial of the staff. They contemplate important sales like the one of Philippe Coutinho, although also they have in consideration gone out of players little usual like Carles Aleñá or Junior Firpo with the same aim.

The problem is that the club is at present in hands of the Agent and the elections will not arrive until the day 24 of the next month of January, by what the next directive will not have options to take decisions until the market was about to to close. Something that will leave very little margin of manoeuvre to execute these movements that remained slopes in summer but that keep on being vital so much for the economic survival as so that the team was competitive.