Barcelona president Joan Laporta is eyeing 3 signings inside the January transfer window to help new supervisor Xavi push for silverware.
Xavi's return to Camp Nou was showed within the early hours of Saturday morning and now attention has turned to getting Barcelona out of the rut wherein they discover themselves.
The team take a seat 9th in La Liga beforehand of Saturday's meeting with Celta Vigo, for which Xavi hopes to be in attendance, and supporters have been crying out for more signings to shake up the squad and get Barcelona firing again.
Financial problems limited Barcelona's spending within the summer, however as referred to by means of TV3, Laporta is not awaiting to face comparable problems in January as he showed to journalists that the crew are presently eyeing 3 signings.
Laporta general that Barcelona would must offload some players before bringing in new ones, however the hope is that three new faces can kick the Xavi reign off with a bang.
The preferred consensus is that Barcelona will cross for a striker. Martin Braithwaite is injured and Sergio Aguero faces a lengthy spell at the sidelines with a coronary heart problem. Summer signing Luuk de Jong hasn't achieved sufficient and Sport trust his loan can be terminated within the coming months.
Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland is the dream long-time period target, but for now, AS accept as true with touch has already been made with Beijing Sinobo Guoan striker Cedric Bakambu, whose agreement in China expires next month.
Bakambu has been centered for a while now, with Barcelona remembering his run of 31 desires in seventy five La Liga video games with Villarreal between 2015 and 2018, and there may be wish that he may additionally finally make the move to Camp Nou in January.
Another target, in step with Sport, is Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman, for whom Xavi is believed to have some thing of a smooth spot.
The Frenchman's settlement expires in 2023 and talks over an extension have not made lots development, so Barcelona are believed to be plotting a pass to bring Coman in for a good buy fee and give Xavi one in every of his dream signings.
