Barça will debut in the Champions League with a much more exciting squad than in previous editions
No participant has paid less money than the Catalans in the summer transfer market
He Barça faces a new edition of the Champions League this Tuesday with the aim of improving the sad participations of previous seasons. To do this, the Blaugranas have configured a squad that is exciting, but without affecting the club’s finances. In fact, they can take advantage of it in front of the 31 remaining participants.
The team led by Xavi Hernandez is the one that has spent the least money during the summer transfer market and has only computed 3.4 million euros, the payment of the release clause Oriol Romeu.
Without counting Vitor Roquewhich will land in January, the Barça achieved the simple transfers of the Joaos and the zero-cost additions of Inigo Martinez and Ilaky Gundogan. The template you will have Xavi It is, perhaps, the most exciting in recent years. For talent, creative ability, last pass and the variety of resources with which she will be able to work.
The ‘Joaos’, two elite signings for Barça
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The difference in terms of investment with the rest of the teams is outrageous. He PSG leads the table with 349.5 million euros, followed by Manchester City (241.1) and the Arsenal (234.9). Manchester United (206.7), Bayern Munich (155), Newcastle (153.2) or RB Leipzig (152.5) are other notable ones. And the real Madrid 129.5 ‘kilos’ have been spent.
Barça is the team that has spent the least this summer among all the Champions League participants. And the squad is much more exciting than last year’s. #FCBLive pic.twitter.com/7mqYU5wBAM
— Àlex Calaff (@AlexCalaff) September 18, 2023
He Barça He has added troops in all positions on the field of play, except the goal. What’s more, the signing of I cancel For the right side it frees up Jules Koundé of the lane and gives him Xavi a top-level ‘signing’ for the center of the defense. An example of the great work of the sports management is that the reserve team has spent more in the summer than the first team, 4.45 million euros.
They say that money does not buy happiness, and Barça will want to prove it on June 1, 2024 in Wembley. For now, the first step is to pass the group stage with flying colors, in which they will be measured against Antwerp, Shakhtar and Porto.