In the 2020-21 season, Barcelona's European tour came to an abrupt end in the 1/8 finals, and the La Liga finished in third place, which was a disappointing end, as if it was a return to the decline of the "Dream II Dynasty".
Suarez's free departure has left Barcelona without a strong center forward, and those high-priced Dembele, Coutinho, Griezmann and other attackers can not become Messi's right-hand man. Scoring is still dependent on Messi, and once Messi is out of action, it becomes extremely difficult for Barcelona to win key matches.
Under the leadership of Bartomeu, Barcelona invested heavily in strikers, but the effect is not significant. Although in the 2014-15 season with the addition of Neymar and Suarez won the "Triple Crown", but Neymar left, Barcelona in the reinforcement of more investment, but in the athletic level does not progress instead of regression, the economy is also in a serious debt crisis.
The mess left behind by Bartomeu has put Laporta at the helm of Barcelona once again, but the team is now incapable of making massive reinforcements.
However, despite this, Barcelona's gold standard remains and there is no shortage of free agent mavericks in the transfer market.
In Barcelona "dream three dynasty" period, the team in addition to Messi as the core of the front line strength, there are Harvey, White, Professor Boo and other both offensive and defensive midfielders.
With the departure of Harvey and Xiaobai, as well as the ageing of Professor Bu, Barcelona's midfield has always been the weakest link in the team. Although Enrique in the coaching period through the "MSN trident" powerful attacking firepower to cover up this problem, but once the midfield lost control, the strikers will be isolated.
Koeman clearly realizes this and is ready to bring the midfield combination from his Dutch national team coaching days to Barcelona. Frankie de Jong has already joined and his plans to bring in Wijnaldum from Liverpool are also underway.
Wijnaldum himself has expressed interest in a call-up from Barcelona and turned down the chance to extend his contract with Liverpool after learning of Barcelona's offer.
Barcelona's main goal in this year's summer transfer window is to sign free agents and ask players to take a pay cut to join them. Even if Barcelona can afford the transfer fee, Neymar has said he is willing to take a pay cut to return, and Messi will also take a pay cut if he renews his contract. As a result, both Aguero and Depay accepted a pay cut to join Barcelona. However, when it comes to Wijnaldum, the situation may be different.
Recently, some media reports claimed that Wijnaldum was approached by Bayern, but the response from Bayern was not positive as they could not meet the salary demanded by the player. This shows that Wijnaldum is not willing to face the difficulties together with his coach in the national team in Barcelona.
According to the latest reports in the Italian media, Paris Saint-Germain are ready to step into the race for Wijnaldum and have offered double his annual salary. Mauricio Pochettino has personally called the player and the Dutch international midfielder is willing to accept Paris' offer. If Barcelona don't increase their offer (i.e. the player's salary), Wijnaldum could move to Paris and his final decision will be revealed in the coming hours.
Given Barcelona's current situation, they are unlikely to offer a higher salary, meaning Koeman's plan to create a double midfield combination of Dutch internationals at Barcelona may have to come to an end.
