They are throwing all their eggs into this season in the hope they win it all. Christ
TBF they built a solid side with good depth and cleaned up the wages quite a bit. The only ones not compliant with their new wage structure are Pique, Busquets, FdJ and maybe Umtiti?
I'm convinced FdJ will go and they only have to pay Pique and Busquets another year or two and then they're clear.
That still leaves a mountain of debt and sold off TV rights but if they get to the latter stages of the CL every year I think they'll be fine.
-------------------- Lewa -------------------------
--- Raph -------------------- Dembele ------
---------- Pedri ---------- Gavi -----------------
----------------------- ?? ----------------------------
With Fati, Torres cover on the wings is a pretty impressive forward line. Maybe it's Torres / Fati LW and Dembele / Raphinha RW but you get the point.
The hardest thing to do now is to replace Busquets with someone and wait for Pedri / Gavi to fulfill their potential. Bilva would be a great medium term fix while they wait for Gavi to grow up. (he's only 17!)