Such is the size of the club, expectations will still be sky-high, so there’ll be no talk of a “re-building phase”.Ĭan you still produce a winning team and deliver the trophies the fans are accustomed to with limited transfer funds, a reduced wage budget and the likes of de Jong and Martin Brathwaite spearheading the attack? Left winger, Ansu Fati, also 18, already has 34 La Liga appearances and 13 goals for the club, while right back Sergino Dest is a star of the US national team at only 20.Ĭrucially, they have kept a defensive spine to the squad in club legends, Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets, but both are aging and arguably past their peak. In 18 year-old Pedri, they have one of the most promising midfield talents in Europe who has already established himself in the Spanish national squad. However, their young guns, supported by the famed La Masia youth academy, have the potential to turn things around for the Catalan giants. Such is their plight that early season team sheets saw them deploy an unprecedented number of teenagers, as they struggled to field a team worthy of the famous shirt. Antoine Griezmann has also gone back to title rivals Atletico and been replaced by the likes of the mercurial Memphis Depay and former Newcastle reject, Luuk de Jong. This makes Barcelona one of the best teams to manage on FM22.įinancial troubles forced the club to sell several of their biggest talents over the summer, in order to reduce the wage bill, including their prized asset in talismanic Argentinian, Lionel Messi. However, the current situation there is anything but normal. Barcelona wouldn’t normally be considered a particularly challenging save in previous versions of FM.
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