Judging from the situation so far this season, Barca seem to be back to peak form again. Although their performances were at a low point at the beginning of the season, they did not stumble like most teams, but showed a very good endogenous motivation and quickly came out of the quagmire. The reason is that in addition to the effective improvement of head coach Xavi in terms of technology and tactics, as the "helmsman" of the team, Laporta's contribution is also decisive. Under his strategic planning, the team has not only made a significant improvement in the economic level, but also has not delayed in the introduction of players, and most of the effects of reinforcements have reached or even exceeded expectations.
For the rest of the season, Harvey and his team are still facing a two-tier battle. Judging by Barca's current competitive state, almost no one doubts that they will be able to handle the rest of the season with ease. In the Europa League, they have become the most promising team to win the title. For Harvey, it would be a pretty good start if he could win such a weighty title in his first season in charge. Relatively speaking, in the league, they face a less than ideal situation. In order to win the championship, in addition to the team's excellent performance, it also requires a lot of luck. From the analysis of the situation in the standings, they are 12 points behind the top of the table, but they have the advantage of one less game, and according to the most favorable situation for the team, they are expected to have a point difference of less than 10 points with their opponents. Once the opponents have lost the rest of the race, they still have the theoretical possibility of turning the tables in the final sprint.
Off the field, Laporta also faces a rather daunting task. First and foremost is the renewal of the players' contracts. One of the things that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible is the renewal of the contracts of Araujo and Garvey. First, let's look at Garvey. If you compare the three young midfielders in the team this season, Pedri is undoubtedly the player with the best ability and potential; Nico has become the least optimistic player among the three players due to his lack of physical confrontation ability and relatively rough skills; Garvey's situation is between the above two players, and if he can realize his potential, his future is very worth looking forward to. However, given his age, Laporta does not intend to offer him a big contract. This is also the main difference between the two sides. However, since Garvey prefers to remain in the team, the two sides are likely to agree on a compromise plan.
Let's look at Araujo again. This season, the young centre-back's growth has delighted the team, who has shown the potential to grow into a good centre-back. On his renewal, Barca offered an offer three times his current salary, but Araujo didn't seem to agree, believing he deserved better treatment. Laporta does not seem to intend to make concessions to Araujo's request. In fact, Laporta's attitude is not difficult to understand. He should mainly consider two factors: first, if Araujo's salary requirements are met, the asking price of other young players in the team when they renew their contracts will inevitably rise, which will be quite unfavorable for the control of the team's total salary; second, from the technical characteristics, although Araujo has done quite well in terms of defensive awareness, positional sense and physical confrontation ability, he still has obvious deficiencies in technical ability, shooting ability and defensive ability, which will largely limit his ceiling.
Another challenge facing Laporta is the continued improvement of the strength of the front. Fati, who has rarely played this season due to injury, has finally seen the dawn of his return from injury again. In terms of talent, Fati is the player with the most room to rise in the team. With a very limited number of appearances this season, his efficiency is quite good. However, his attendance is simply too low. As things stand, his hopes of fully realizing his potential seem increasingly slim. If he continues to be unable to guarantee adequate attendance next season, the prospects of the talented attacker in the team will be rather bleak, and he may face the end of being abandoned by the team. In the transfer market, the youngster's value still reached 60 million euros, and if he finally can't get out of the injury dilemma, it will be a "lose-lose" ending for both sides.
In addition, in the center position, although Aubameyang's performance is quite efficient, from the performance of his career, his state stability is not too good. If the team wants to achieve a significant increase in strength next season, they need a higher-level striker player. According to the Daily Sport, Barca have set their sights on one of Europe's top scorers and have officially offered an offer for a four-year contract. The player is Lewandowski. The 33-year-old goalscorer is no longer young, but the team believes he can bring decisive improvement to the team in at least 2 seasons. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)