3 reasons why FC Barcelona are struggling this season

Financial Problems at Barcelona

Blaugrana have had major financial problems since the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. The problems were in such a negative state that the club had to offload players in masses in order to balance the books and free up wages. The horrible money problems have led the club to reach an impasse where they had to sell players in order to afford any new signings. There is no extra source of money. However, after the resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu, a new board is set to take over which may improve the financial conditions of the club, given that the current set of players have agreed to a wage-cut.

Most Pivotal Players Sold

The La Liga giants sold Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid and failed to get a replacement for him. They sold Arthur Melo to Juventus in exchange of Miralem Pjanic which is an extremely poor deal as they exchanged a talented 24-year-old with an ageing midfielder. They also sold Arturo Vidal to Inter Milan, Nelson Semedo to Nuno’s Wolverhampton wanderers and club veteran Ivan Rakitic back to his former club Sevilla. While all these players’ sales allowed Barca to recover their financial strength, not being able to replace them with reliable and consistent reinforcements is costing the club heavily. While youngsters like Pedri, Francisco Trincao, and Ronald Araujo are getting ample time under Koeman, they are yet to fully develop and the overall squad is lacking consistancy.