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THE CLUB HAS CLEAR ITS PRIORITIES

The duties of Barça for this 2023

Published:1/01/2023 - 08:03h

Updated:1/01/2023 - 15:04h

FC Barcelona said goodbye to 2022 with a draw at home against Espanyol that puts LaLiga red hot. January brings back the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, but the club is clear about its priorities for the year that has just begun

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January will not be a simple month for the FC Barcelona. The return of the Glass of Rey and the trip to Arabia to contest the Supercopa Spanish could do that the ones of Xavi Hernández contest until seven parties in the first month of a 2023 in which the duties are very clear for the culés. Win LaLiga is the first step to consolidate the sportive project that heads the technician egarense, without forgetting of the importance to recover the European prestige.

The trip of the Saturday in front of the Espanyol leaves the classification to the red alive in the hand manually with the Real Madrid, being the Barça still leader for having better difference of goal (+28). In the next day, the visit to the Athletic of Madrid turns into the first 'final' that they will have to play the ones of Xavi, no without before resolve the trip to Alicante to confront to the humble Intercity in the Glass of Rey. Like this the things, these are the main aims and priorities culés for the year that recently begins.

1. Win LaLiga

After three years of drought, the Barça needs to win LaLiga to confirm the investment made in summer. The 'crowbars' and reinforcements did not serve to survive in the UEFA Champions League, by what recover the throne in Spain becomes the sportive aim number 1 for a group blaugrana that won his last League in the 2018-19 with Ernesto Valverde.

2. Compete to the end in the glasses

Of the same way, is priority culé go back to be leading in the domestic glasses. 2021 it left an early elimination in Glass of Rey and a painful fall in the Classical of semifinals of the Supercopa, by which there is are of revancha in Can Barça, mainly in the tournament that contests in Arabia from 2019, where the culés have not been able to raise the trophy with the new format.

3. Recover the European prestige

No less important is the challenge of the Europe League. By second consecutive year, the Barça has to contest the second tournament in importance in the continent and, after the 'stick' of the year happened in front of the Eintracht Frankfurt, in 2023 there is not margin of error and arrive to the final of Budapest is key to recover the European prestige and balance some finances duramente affected by the early elimination in Champions.

4. Find the financial balance

After an intense summer in which the club had to sacrifice part of his heritage to be able to fichar, Joan Laporta knows that in 2023 has to find another formula to rid of the links of the 'fair play' financial of LaLiga. The exit of a pair of 'heavy weights' and it ingresado after a good performance in the Europe League would be the first ideal step to give a break to the crisis that, at present, prevents to the Barça fichar in winter.

5. Fichar To the relief of Busquets

Although it still is not official his exit, Xavi Hernández and the directive know that the days of Sergio Busquets in the team are explained. The '5' will leave an empty very difficult to occupy in the eleven culé, by what the research of a born pivote that adapt to the 'DNA Barça' is a fundamental duty for this year. This yes, first is necessary to go out of the economic crisis to be able to manage signings.

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