It was a frantic market of winter for the FC Barcelona. They landed to the Camp Nou four footballers of luxury to improve the staff of Xavi Hernández of face to the final stretch of the current season: Dani Alves, Ferran Torres, Adama Traoré and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. These four arrivals convert this month of January of 2022 like the most prolific to level of signings in all the history of the club.

The last record of wintry signings that had the Barça was in the market of 2019, with three arrivals. For that occasion attained the cessions of Jeison Murillo (Valencia) and Kevin-Prince Boateng (Sassuolo) in addition to the signing of Jean-Clair Todibo (Toulouse), that cost one million euros. Previous to this occasion there were three years (1999, 2005 and 2018) in which there were two wintry signings.

For the year 1999, the Barcelona entity incorporated to the brothers Frank and Ronald of Boer, both pertinent of the Ajax, whereas in 2005 fichó to Maxi López (River Plate) and Demetrio Albertini (Atalanta) arrived like free agent. In 2018 it was the turn of the signings of Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) and Yerry Mina (Palmeiras): and in the case of the Brazilian turned into the costliest signing in the history of the club.

Recognised work

Like this then , it has remained by seated that the Barcelona has worked very acutely in this market of winter, with Mateu Alemany in command. Now it subtracts to expect if definitively the new signings can give a jump of important quality to the staff to help in the achievement of the aims and attain the classification for the next edition of the Champions League.

Seal the pass to the Champions 2022-21 is paramount, and for this Xavi demanded on purpose the arrival of a leading centre to resolve the problem of definition of face to rival arch. In spite of the complications sobrevenidas, especially by the no gone out of Ousmane Dembélé, Aubameyang landed in Barcelona in the last day of market to increase the hope of improvement.