Julián Álvarez, the fashionable '9' that escaped Barça and Madrid

It was the past market of winter and the FC Barcelona found in the need to give him a radical twist to his staff to compete by LaLiga and the Europe League. Xavi Hernández and the sportive direction of the club did varied adjust and took the decision to incorporate four footballers that gave him a dump total to the team, being Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Adama Traoré, Ferran Torres and Dani Alves the attendants of the situation.

Although the club did not attain to heave any title, the aim to ensure the classification for the following Champions did reality. However, three of the four signings changed of airs when finishing the season and only Ferran is the one who has perdurado inside the plantel, although it could have another movement that nowadays would be one of the referents of the club.

And it is that Julián Álvarez, the leading feeling of Argentina in the World-wide of Catar, went one of the footballers that called the attention of the Barça to beginning of year. The reports of his projection in River Plate were promising and several teams of Europe contested his traspaso, but the club did not have of the economic solidity to do with his services. The Real Madrid was attentive to his situation but had other aims in mind.

The whites wanted a '9' that followed in its footsteps Karim Benzema, although the reality is that the wishes of Florentino Pérez went through to do the millionaire signings of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé, two stars that never finished to arrive. It is as well as the only that bet in big by the Argentinian was Pep Guardiola in the Manchester City, the one who purchased him by 21.40 million euros and keeps it like an usual piece inside his offensive diagram.

Two different realities

Already with the movement of the 'spider' totally out of scope, the Barcelona decided to go to by Robert Lewandowski, the one who is surrendering fruits in LaLiga and is the current 'Pichichi' of the competition to his 34 years. By his part, the merengues follow having the services of Benzema but his constant injuries light the alarms of Santiago Bernabéu, since the Frenchman does not have a natural substitute inside the staff.