Last season's La Liga champions Barcelona have had a poor season, halfway through the league and sitting in fourth place, seven points behind first-placed Girona and seven behind Real Madrid, once threatening Xavi's position. Of course, Barcelona will not change their manager anytime soon if there is no better option, and Xavi's next step is to make changes to the existing squad.
With Barcelona's current squad, young players can easily lead to inconsistent results, and with injuries to several players, this is a huge blow to the team's overall form. What's more, Barcelona don't have enough transfer fees to buy players due to financial constraints, and if Xavi wants to make a big change in January, then he will have to sell some of the players in exchange for a transfer fee to achieve his goals.
In addition, Barcelona do not have much choice in the winter window and they will face more options in the summer window. The first thing to deal with is the players who have been loaned out before the start of this season, Cancelo and Felix will be on loan for a year, and whether Barcelona will buy them out will have to decide for Xavi and Deco themselves. Now it seems that Cancelo will stay at Barcelona more consistently, and Felix has no possibility of being bought out, as confirmed by the Spanish newspaper As.
Felix has had a great start at Barcelona but his form has been inconsistent and he has made 20 appearances for Barcelona so far, scoring six goals and providing three assists, as well as contributing up front. But due to his instability and Atletico Madrid's €80 million buyout** for Felix, Barcelona have been hesitant to sign Felix. In addition, according to the latest reports, Barcelona had offered Ferran Torres for Felix, but was also rejected by Atletico Madrid.
Therefore, if there is not enough transfer fee and the player exchange cannot be completed, it will be very difficult for Barcelona to buy Felix at the end of the season, and it is more likely that he will continue to be on loan for another year. Cancelo is likely to stay at Barcelona because he is in better shape and his release fee is only 25 million euros, which is a good option for Barcelona, but it is not unacceptable, and Guardiola can successfully complete his big purge. Barcelona