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Barcelona needs striker No. 9 for the next season to feature Robert Lewandowski, who will remain the cornerstone of the Blaugrana attack.
As crazy as Aubameyang was about returning to the Camp Nou, his departure in the summer, as well as that of Memphis Depay in January, made it hard to live in the shadow of one of the best strikers in world football.
What some consider boring to others is a unique opportunity to learn and grow. This is the case of Vitor Roque, striker No. 9 in the Brazilian club Paranaense, who the Barcelona technical secretariat believes has the potential to become the “new Luis Suarez.”
He performed admirably in the U-20 Copa America, in which he won the title Brazil has been missing since 2011 when Neymar Jr. won it. Nearing the age of 18, Vitor Roque will make his Copa Libertadores debut.
Barcelona did not go to Andrek, the young Palmeiras striker, who signed with Real Madrid in December for 35 million euros, in addition to the variables, because his accession will not be effective until the summer of 2024.
Now he will have to invest about 30 million euros to sign Vitor Roque, in what can be interpreted as the beginning of the search for a replacement for Lewandowski, who will give Barcelona the best years of his career.
It is a necessary investment in light of the difficult financial crisis, but it may end up being a cheap solution in the long run, because the question is: when the Polish striker withers, can Barcelona search for a world-class number 9 striker, which means paying more than 100 million euros? I hope so, but realistically it sounds too complicated.
Source: Sport
