Four Players Barcelona should look to buy next summer

#3 Striker: Timo Werner

AS Monaco v RB Leipzig - UEFA Champions League

Barcelona has one of the best strikers of the current generation, in Luis Suarez. In his three seasons in Spain, Suarez scored 121 goals at a rate of 0.82 goals/match. Suarez’s decline started in the 2017-18 season, in which he scored 31 goals at 0.6 goals/match and this season, the Uruguayan has managed to score only 3 goals at 0.27 goals/match. While Suarez is still crucial to the Barcelona side and offers a lot to Barca’s style of play with his off the ball movement, the fact remains that his primary responsibility is to score goals.

Barcelona needs a goal scorer to take the pressure off Messi and it probably is time to look beyond Luis Suarez. Barcelona does have Paco Alcacer, who is on loan and has performed exceptionally well for Dortmund this season. But the Spaniard thrives on balls being played to his feet and does not entirely fit into Barcelona’s possession-based system.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Timo Werner is the best young striker in the world at the moment, in spite of his no-show at the World Cup 2018. When on song, Timo Werner is a nightmare to play against for the opposition defense, as evidenced by his 46 goals playing for RB Leipzig. Werner’s willingness to make runs which opens up space for himself and others and his exquisite technique makes him a really good option for Barcelona. The German is also comfortable drifting wide, which should help Messi make those late runs into the box as he has always done while playing with Suarez.

Transfer Possibility: 6/10