La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[superman184]

Football is one of the entertained and popular sport in the world, it's a big game and watching players having a stellar display on the pitch is fantastic and stunning. Spanish clubs, specifically Barcelona are having good moments with their players because Saudi gigantic offers are not any where close to the players. Robert Lewandowski have no intentions to exits Camp Nou, he's here for long term contract and we should give him the required supports. Xavi Hernandez always had the Poland international in his budget, and he delivered the club whenever the need arises. Moreover the arrival of IIkay Gundogan would give the striker more goal scoring opportunities.

Anything can still be said before the next season starts, because when Barcelona got Robert Lewandowski it was the same, where there were some people who said that Barcelona would be a big success in all competitions. But in reality Barcelona was only able to succeed in La Liga because Real Madrid was not consistent in winning more matches and even in the Copa Del Rey Barcelona were also not successful last season.

Likewise for IIkay Gundogan, who is still unsure whether he will be better at Barcelona or not, because he came from the Premier League to La Liga who might still need a little bit of adaptation in his new team. And one more thing, I think you also don't need to explain at length about the sport of football which is very entertaining and popular in this world because almost everyone who is in a topic like this must already know about this very popular sport and it is very possible that all of them there is this topic is a football fan although not for the same team.

[reagansimms]

Lewandowski is enjoying good times at Barcelona and of course El Barca must always make the striker comfortable. I am sure that in the near future Lewandowski will not change his mind about joining the Saudi League even though he is offered a double salary.

Lewandowski still has big ambitions in high-level football with both club and individual, his first season with Barcelona went perfectly, he would choose to stay at Barcelona rather than accept offers from Arab clubs in exchange for higher wages. I can feel Lewandowski disappointment at not playing alongside Messi at Barcelona, but as a professional he will stick to his commitments when he first moved from Bayern Munich.
Lewandowski respects his contract with Barcelona very much, and Barcelona still needs Lewandowski to continue to be on the front lines. There is no reason for Lewandowski to leave Barcelona after going through his first season with two trophies and status as top scorer.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

He went there as a free agent and I feel where he is now doesn't need much pressure at the moment because he has all he wanted. Coming from Dortmund where he tried to win the German Bundesliga but the forces of Bayern Munich won't let the Dortmund team get it but after some seasons back, the man Gundogan left to the City side where he got all trophies he could ask for, even winning the Champions league. So at this point he's going to make the Barcelona team play under his command as the midfielder they needed to complete the team, I just feel with his experience the Barcelona team will be more deadly than that of last season.

[rahmad2nd]

Just as I expected Lewandowski also got an offer by Saudi Arabian teams. But thankfully he didn't accept the offer according to news. I wasn't expecting him to leave Europe this early after joining Barcelona truthfully. I will be expecting to see him play for at least one more season and then he might start thinking of his exit from the team for a new adventure.

I have read the rumors in the last one or two weeks. but as you said, Lewandowski refused. even if I am not mistaken, he said, that it is very likely that Lewandowski will end his career at Barcelona. As a fan, I'm happy with what Lewandowski said, even though the validity of this rumor is uncertain. however, what he made with the team in the 2022/2023 season, was a proud result. I really appreciate the presence of Lewandowski with Barcelona. Although to be honest, he didn't get the best service from his teammates. I mean, when he's on the pitch.

Meanwhile Barcelona had better work harder to be better in the Champions League while they have Lewandowski. It isn't easy to find a special striker like him these days but they haven't been able to do much in the Champions League group stage so far. I hope to see some improvement next season and hopefully Lewandowski can lead the team to a bigger success. I know he wasn't impressive against big teams there in the previous season but I expect him to return much stronger thanks to his experience as well.

I'm pretty sure, Barcelona next season will appear more competitive than last season. with the presence of several players that Xavi brought to Camp Nou, at least it made Barcelona's depth a little better, especially in the midfield. I haven't heard much news or information, regarding which other players will Barcelona bring in with the financial problems they are facing. but what is certain, Barcelona will remain one of the teams competing with Real Madrid in the 2023/2024 League title race. for the Champions League, we just follow its development, because the league has not been rolled out again.

[zaim7413]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Barcelona benefited greatly from their success in signing Gundogan from Manchester City for free. He is a talented player who can play in several positions, his right foot and left foot are equally strong which allows him to play in both left midfield and right midfield positions. He is also able to play well in the defensive midfield position, when the coach needs him to play in that position, he is able to play his role well.

After officially introducing Gundogan as a new player, Barcelona immediately fenced off the player with a high release clause. Reporting from Fabrizio Romano report on his Twitter account, Barcelona installed Gundogan release clause of 400 million Euro. He will be an important player for Barcelona because his experience and talent can help strengthen the Barcelona midfield area and he is also very diligent in scoring goals and assists.

[babo]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Luka Modric has extended his contract for one more year. Modric will play his 12th year with Real Madrid. Real Madrid are trying to keep their key players at the club. The league competition this season will be much more competitive.
The early completion of the transfer work of the teams is also important in terms of preparation time. Such great teams don't wait for opportunity transfers. They make the deals before the season ends. I think we will see a few more very big paid transfers in La Liga again.

it's definitely moving and probably fine too
but she is forced to strengthen herself because next season she will have to prove something and win La Liga I don't think it will be necessary
he will have to get far in the Champions League to make a little money otherwise it will end very badly

[Litzki1990]

I think Real Madrid will not rush this transfer. Real Madrid has made no hasty transfers to date. Maybe Real Madrid will show their maximum patience in taking Mbappe into the team. After the summer transfer market closes, the winter transfer market opens again six months later, when Real Madrid can sign Mbappe in a relaxed manner. Real Madrid and Mbappe may have discussed this matter. It is only a matter of time before Mbappe joins Real Madrid.

Seeing Mbappe decision not to extend his contract with PSG made him believe he would have the opportunity to leave PSG.  indeed real madrid is his goal because i believe he has big dreams of winning the ucl trophy and psg can't make that happen. Well, if Real Madrid wanted to bring in Mbappe in this transfer window, of course, Real Madrid would spend quite a lot of money, but I don't think Real Madrid will do that this season. They will make an offer to mbappe in the winter transfer window at a lower price.

Perez seems to know when to move forward for mbappe as he doesn't want this signing to be rushed. At because Mbappe has given a definite signal that he will not extend a new contract with PSG which allows Real Madrid to get Mbappe in the next transfer window at a cheaper price because his contract period is getting closer.

Mbappe has been at PSG for a long time but he is not getting any significant success from PSG. Despite scoring the most goals in every season, this star is not even among the top five in the Ballon d'Or winning list. The main reason for this is the party's poor performance. 
In winning the Ballon d'O, individual performance as well as team performance counts. In this case, which league the player played in and scored more goals is a big deal. First of all, English Premier League or La Liga are equal leagues to these leagues but not France League. In addition to not being an equal league, the team of this league, PSG, has never won the Champions League, which is also a big reason for Mbappe not winning the Ballon d'Or. With all this in mind, Mbappe might be planning a move to Real Madrid. Since Real Madrid have been planning Mbappe for a long time, Mbappe's move to Real Madrid has become easier. Even if Mbappe does not go to Real Madrid this summer season, Mbappe will definitely join Real Madrid in the upcoming winter transfer market.

[laurenB7742]

If Mbappe leaves PSG this summer he has a condition in his contract. As far as I know PSG will have to pay an amount like 150-200 million euros due to this condition. Therefore even if he leaves now PSG can't make a big profit in this transfer. They are in a really problematic situation as a result. But let's say PSG sold him for over 200 million euros then it is still better than letting him go for free.
I wonder whether Real Madrid are interested in paying that much money and sign him already. They can just be patient for six months to sign a pre-agreement contract with Mbappe in the end. I think they wouldn't rush things while there is such opportunity.

I think Real Madrid will not rush this transfer. Real Madrid has made no hasty transfers to date. Maybe Real Madrid will show their maximum patience in taking Mbappe into the team. After the summer transfer market closes, the winter transfer market opens again six months later, when Real Madrid can sign Mbappe in a relaxed manner. Real Madrid and Mbappe may have discussed this matter. It is only a matter of time before Mbappe joins Real Madrid.

I agree with you. Real Madrid management will not rush any player into the squad. Because Madrid management is very conscious about spending money. For the last 3/4 seasons, they have waited to sign Mbappe. Mbappe joined Madrid. And Mbappe's contract with PSG is set to expire next season. Mbappe has no interest in renewing his contract with PSG. And so next season Real Madrid is probably going to get Mbappe for free. And so the Madrid management is unlikely to add any new strikers to the squad this season after spending so much money.

Real Madrid's target now is only on Mbappe. Real Madrid are willing to wait but are not willing to replace Mbappe. Because last season we saw that Real Madrid waited until the end for Mbappe but even after waiting they didn't take any player into the team that season. After letting go of Karim Benzema this season, they were waiting to maybe get Mbappe in the team this season but maybe this season too, Real Madrid might have to wait for the French star. Because Mbappe can join Real Madrid as a free transfer agent when the club's contract with Mbappe expires next season. So maybe Real Madrid is not willing to spend any extra money for Mbappe this season. Real Madrid has become a successful team because of the careful selection of players.

Real Madrid management awaited Mbappe last season as well. But they had Benzema in their squad so they didn't look for another player. But no Benzema with Madrid next season. And so Real Madrid needs a replacement for Benzema. Madrid needs an experienced striker. And so I look forward to seeing whether Madrid management will add an experienced striker to the squad this season, or will they wait until next season to sign Mbappe.

[klidex]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Barcelona benefited greatly from their success in signing Gundogan from Manchester City for free. He is a talented player who can play in several positions, his right foot and left foot are equally strong which allows him to play in both left midfield and right midfield positions. He is also able to play well in the defensive midfield position, when the coach needs him to play in that position, he is able to play his role well.

After officially introducing Gundogan as a new player, Barcelona immediately fenced off the player with a high release clause. Reporting from Fabrizio Romano report on his Twitter account, Barcelona installed Gundogan release clause of 400 million Euro. He will be an important player for Barcelona because his experience and talent can help strengthen the Barcelona midfield area and he is also very diligent in scoring goals and assists.

As luck would have it, Barcelona can get Gundogan for free and put up a high price because it is to improve their finances or if not, Barcelona really don't want to lose Gundogan from their club.
I think next season Barcelona will not be as strong as last season even though there are still some other reliable players but the dominance of the club is definitely weakening every season and needs new players to strengthen it but Barcelona can't achieve that and one way is just to charge a high price for Gundogan.

[Raflesia]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Barcelona benefited greatly from their success in signing Gundogan from Manchester City for free. He is a talented player who can play in several positions, his right foot and left foot are equally strong which allows him to play in both left midfield and right midfield positions. He is also able to play well in the defensive midfield position, when the coach needs him to play in that position, he is able to play his role well.

After officially introducing Gundogan as a new player, Barcelona immediately fenced off the player with a high release clause. Reporting from Fabrizio Romano report on his Twitter account, Barcelona installed Gundogan release clause of 400 million Euro. He will be an important player for Barcelona because his experience and talent can help strengthen the Barcelona midfield area and he is also very diligent in scoring goals and assists.

As luck would have it, Barcelona can get Gundogan for free and put up a high price because it is to improve their finances or if not, Barcelona really don't want to lose Gundogan from their club.
I think next season Barcelona will not be as strong as last season even though there are still some other reliable players but the dominance of the club is definitely weakening every season and needs new players to strengthen it but Barcelona can't achieve that and one way is just to charge a high price for Gundogan.

This is actually a blessing for Barcelona because if we look at Gundogan's transfer, there is no need to spend money there, of course this is a blessing in itself.
On the other hand, they also immediately gave more space to their finances by spending Busquets, which indirectly reduced their salary expenses, especially considering Busquets' condition is one of the players with the biggest salaries for them. This is clearly an extraordinary advantage for Barcelona because apart from reducing their salary burden a little, on the other hand they also immediately got a replacement which is actually quite good because Gundogan is still one of the players with above average individual skills.

[sana54210]

Anything can still be said before the next season starts, because when Barcelona got Robert Lewandowski it was the same, where there were some people who said that Barcelona would be a big success in all competitions. But in reality Barcelona was only able to succeed in La Liga because Real Madrid was not consistent in winning more matches and even in the Copa Del Rey Barcelona were also not successful last season.

Likewise for IIkay Gundogan, who is still unsure whether he will be better at Barcelona or not, because he came from the Premier League to La Liga who might still need a little bit of adaptation in his new team. And one more thing, I think you also don't need to explain at length about the sport of football which is very entertaining and popular in this world because almost everyone who is in a topic like this must already know about this very popular sport and it is very possible that all of them there is this topic is a football fan although not for the same team.

I think considering how Barcelona used to be, what they had recently this season was a success. Barcelona last had a title in 18-19 season, and for 3 seasons in a row they didn't win the league, last time they had 3 seasons in a row not winning the title was 20+ years ago, so this was a terrible thing for them.

Plus they spent insane amount of money on a few key players that turned out to be trash, so they are in huge debt right now and everyone thought that there wouldn't be a way to solve this neither, they may have become even worse and go for more years without a title. So when they sold some business stuff, get Lewandowski, and a few other key players, and played well enough to win the title, that was actually a great thing for them.

[LittleBitFunny]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Barcelona benefited greatly from their success in signing Gundogan from Manchester City for free. He is a talented player who can play in several positions, his right foot and left foot are equally strong which allows him to play in both left midfield and right midfield positions. He is also able to play well in the defensive midfield position, when the coach needs him to play in that position, he is able to play his role well.
After officially introducing Gundogan as a new player, Barcelona immediately fenced off the player with a high release clause. Reporting from Fabrizio Romano report on his Twitter account, Barcelona installed Gundogan release clause of 400 million Euro. He will be an important player for Barcelona because his experience and talent can help strengthen the Barcelona midfield area and he is also very diligent in scoring goals and assists.

As luck would have it, Barcelona can get Gundogan for free and put up a high price because it is to improve their finances or if not, Barcelona really don't want to lose Gundogan from their club.
I think next season Barcelona will not be as strong as last season even though there are still some other reliable players but the dominance of the club is definitely weakening every season and needs new players to strengthen it but Barcelona can't achieve that and one way is just to charge a high price for Gundogan.

This is actually a blessing for Barcelona because if we look at Gundogan's transfer, there is no need to spend money there, of course this is a blessing in itself.
On the other hand, they also immediately gave more space to their finances by spending Busquets, which indirectly reduced their salary expenses, especially considering Busquets' condition is one of the players with the biggest salaries for them. This is clearly an extraordinary advantage for Barcelona because apart from reducing their salary burden a little, on the other hand they also immediately got a replacement which is actually quite good because Gundogan is still one of the players with above average individual skills.

Barcelona is still struggling financially. And if Gundogan had to be bought by Barcelona, then maybe the Barcelona management would not be very interested in taking Gundogan into the team. However, although Barcelona are still weak financially, they will do their best to strengthen their squad. Because next season, Barcelona will not only play for the La Liga title, but the team will also want to do well in the Champions League. And so despite the financial crisis, Barcelona will be adding a number of talented players to their squad this season.

[Leviathan.007]

Gündoğan joined Barcelona and he is going to play for this team in the next season but the fact about Gündoğan is he came to Barcelona to fill the Bosquets's place in this team I don't think if Gündoğan can ever change his playing style and perform like Bosquets for Barcelona.
Also, the first problem for Gündoğan is he usually used the number 8 on his shirt and asked for this number while Pedri is using this number and they ask Gündoğan to choose another number.

[Jody.Drummer]

Barcelona made the right transfer move. İlkay Gündoğan will be very successful there. They needed to reinforce the midfield. İlkay Gündoğan is a true maestro who both scores and assists. He will fit perfectly into the FC Barcelona system. It's necessary to make such additions to the champion roster.

Barcelona benefited greatly from their success in signing Gundogan from Manchester City for free. He is a talented player who can play in several positions, his right foot and left foot are equally strong which allows him to play in both left midfield and right midfield positions. He is also able to play well in the defensive midfield position, when the coach needs him to play in that position, he is able to play his role well.

After officially introducing Gundogan as a new player, Barcelona immediately fenced off the player with a high release clause. Reporting from Fabrizio Romano report on his Twitter account, Barcelona installed Gundogan release clause of 400 million Euro. He will be an important player for Barcelona because his experience and talent can help strengthen the Barcelona midfield area and he is also very diligent in scoring goals and assists.

As luck would have it, Barcelona can get Gundogan for free and put up a high price because it is to improve their finances or if not, Barcelona really don't want to lose Gundogan from their club.
I think next season Barcelona will not be as strong as last season even though there are still some other reliable players but the dominance of the club is definitely weakening every season and needs new players to strengthen it but Barcelona can't achieve that and one way is just to charge a high price for Gundogan.

Yes, that includes the luck that Barcelona got when they were able to get Gundogan for free, and indeed in recent seasons Barcelona have often hunted for players they can bring in for free. At the same time, Gundogan also had no objections to joining Barcelona so their process went very smoothly and without any significant obstacles.
with a financial situation that is still difficult, indeed Barcelona must do something like this, they are looking for players whose contracts have ended from their previous club, but of course these players also have good abilities and have the potential to make a big contribution to them.

[Docnaster]

Despite being an exceptional player, Gundogan didn't have much playing moments in Manchester City and that was because of the other options which are quite young, stronger and skillful as Gundogan himself. No coach will choose an aging but skillful sportman over a young, skillful and productive one. With the above factors, u don't expect Gundogan to reject Barcelona's offer. I will say both Barcelona and Gundogan are lucky for these contracts cuz the favour goes in the two sides. I pray the Spanish league isn't unfriendly to aging Gundogan

[ILuckyGuyI]

It doesn't seem like we will see a big transfer move by Barcelona this summer. Because La Liga FFP rules wouldn't let them do it that easy. Otherwise we would have already seen Messi back in Barcelona. They even speculated Neymar to sign for them but this doesn't also make sense in this situation. Neymar's demands would be as big as Messi's at least.

Do Barcelona need such a big move for consistency in the La Liga? I'm not sure. It feels like they can surely maintain their consistence about being competitive for the league title now. It is all about saving the same mental for next season also. But when it comes to the Champions League I can't fully trust them about doing better than reaching the group stage for now. They will need to earn people's trust by solid improvements.

[Marvell1]

Anything can still be said before the next season starts, because when Barcelona got Robert Lewandowski it was the same, where there were some people who said that Barcelona would be a big success in all competitions. But in reality Barcelona was only able to succeed in La Liga because Real Madrid was not consistent in winning more matches and even in the Copa Del Rey Barcelona were also not successful last season.
Likewise for IIkay Gundogan, who is still unsure whether he will be better at Barcelona or not, because he came from the Premier League to La Liga who might still need a little bit of adaptation in his new team. And one more thing, I think you also don't need to explain at length about the sport of football which is very entertaining and popular in this world because almost everyone who is in a topic like this must already know about this very popular sport and it is very possible that all of them there is this topic is a football fan although not for the same team.

I think considering how Barcelona used to be, what they had recently this season was a success. Barcelona last had a title in 18-19 season, and for 3 seasons in a row they didn't win the league, last time they had 3 seasons in a row not winning the title was 20+ years ago, so this was a terrible thing for them.

Plus they spent insane amount of money on a few key players that turned out to be trash, so they are in huge debt right now and everyone thought that there wouldn't be a way to solve this neither, they may have become even worse and go for more years without a title. So when they sold some business stuff, get Lewandowski, and a few other key players, and played well enough to win the title, that was actually a great thing for them.

I know that Barcelona is going to go for the Champions League title next season. I know it is not going to be easy. But I believe Barcelona will surely aim for that. Barcelona has already proved that they are good enough to win the La Liga title. Even in this financial situation.

So I think they are capable of doing better. I don’t know if they will be able to bring in players that are going to cost some actual money. Just like they did with Robert Lewandowski and some others. But I think they need to make a few changes if they actually want to realistically win the Champions League title. With this squad, it is going to be really hard to achieve that.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Despite being an exceptional player, Gundogan didn't have much playing moments in Manchester City and that was because of the other options which are quite young, stronger and skillful as Gundogan himself.

Ilkay Gundogan became an important pillar under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and his contribution was also big when they won three titles in one season. Even though he is no longer young, his playing ability is still quite good and he is also one of the assist providers in Pep Guardiola's team.

No coach will choose an aging but skillful sportman over a young, skillful and productive one. With the above factors, u don't expect Gundogan to reject Barcelona's offer. I will say both Barcelona and Gundogan are lucky for these contracts cuz the favour goes in the two sides. I pray the Spanish league isn't unfriendly to aging Gundogan

Getting a player on a free transfer who has both ability and experience is a huge advantage for Barcelona and indeed the midfield position needs to be improved by Xavi, his arrival at Camp Nou would create an ideal midfield collaboration for next season. Adaptability is not a big problem for İlkay Gündogan because Xavi's coaching style is not much different from Pep Guardiola, so it will not be difficult for him to adapt to the team.

For the next two seasons İlkay Gündogan is still the right option for Xavi and I also want to see how in the next season he can help the team develop even more and his experience can also help other young mates in the team.

[skarais]

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Getting a player on a free transfer who has both ability and experience is a huge advantage for Barcelona and indeed the midfield position needs to be improved by Xavi, his arrival at Camp Nou would create an ideal midfield collaboration for next season. Adaptability is not a big problem for İlkay Gündogan because Xavi's coaching style is not much different from Pep Guardiola, so it will not be difficult for him to adapt to the team.

For the next two seasons İlkay Gündogan is still the right option for Xavi and I also want to see how in the next season he can help the team develop even more and his experience can also help other young mates in the team.

Ilkay Gundogan is the perfect signing for Barcelona. He is a player who has good experience as a midfield general, which is exactly what Barcelona needed after Busquets moved to Inter Miami. It may be true that Ilkay Gundogan is no substitute for Busquets, but he has good midfield control.

If possible, I hope Barcelona can also bring in other players this season to strengthen their defense. The right-back has changed a lot and they have to have good players there, not Araujo or Kounde. Xavi is aware of his team's current weaknesses, but with Barcelona short on cash it's clear he will have to adjust things accordingly. Barcelona's strategy in player transfers can be said to be good, but sometimes some old players are more easily injured so they can't always be relied on.

[DanWalker]

It doesn't seem like we will see a big transfer move by Barcelona this summer. Because La Liga FFP rules wouldn't let them do it that easy. Otherwise we would have already seen Messi back in Barcelona. They even speculated Neymar to sign for them but this doesn't also make sense in this situation. Neymar's demands would be as big as Messi's at least.

Do Barcelona need such a big move for consistency in the La Liga? I'm not sure. It feels like they can surely maintain their consistence about being competitive for the league title now. It is all about saving the same mental for next season also. But when it comes to the Champions League I can't fully trust them about doing better than reaching the group stage for now. They will need to earn people's trust by solid improvements.

I think Barcelona is not going to make any big changes to the squad. Also, I believe that the speculations that they were looking into acquiring Neymar after they failed to obtain Lionel Messi are just rumors at the moment. Barcelona is actually going to be very happy if they are able to get a few free players on the team.

They should keep in mind about the salaries of the players and their financial situation. They cannot afford to bring in players who are going to take high salaries. I genuinely believe that Barcelona is not going to make any huge transfers this season because they simply cannot afford to do it.