Thread | Barça 2020/2021 Squad Plan: The most viable economic and sporting plan as of now.

[edit via @nadia_gfx]
GK:
- Ter Stegen
- Iñaki Peña

Iñaki looks to be developing at a very fair rate, and at this point Neto has been fairly useless. Ter Stegen keeps being one of the best goalkeepers in the world, of course.
RB:
- Semedo
- Sergi Roberto

I wouldn't make any changes in this position. There are no good options available in the market right now. Semedo as a starter and Sergi as a backup. He's picked up his form under Setien and there's barely any improvement we can make with signings.
CB:
-Piqué
- Lenglet
- Upamecano
- Todibo

Umtiti's knee is not getting any better. And he's simply not good enough anymore. For that, Upamecano can come as a short and long term solution in defence competing with Lenglet at first. Todibo will also reincorporate with the squad.
LB:
- Alex Grimaldo
- Jordi Alba

Let's be real, Firpo was never going to compete with Jordi Alba. He's not good enough. We should have never left Grimaldo leave, and it's time to bring him back. Sell Junior and bring Grimaldo to actually compete and eventually replace Alba.
DM:
- Sergio
- De Jong

There's no changes made here. On his day, Busquets can be our most important Midfielder, especially with Setien as our manager. De Jong can sub in if necessary, and hopefully eventually replace him long term.
CM:
- De Jong
- Arthur
- Fabian Ruiz
- Aleña
- Puig

As the board searches for a more physically present direct midfielder, Fabian Ruiz should be our #1 target. He's versatile and an upgrade over Rakitic and Vidal. At first he can come to compete with Busi, but can easily start.
LW:
- Dembele
- Trincao
- Ansu Fati

MD and Sport both said it; Dembele's not going anywhere. It's time for him to start every game. It's a lot to rely on his fitness for an entire season, but Trincao and Ansu Fati are worthy substitutes.
ST:
- Griezmann
- Suarez

It's time to use Griezmann in his best position, as he was promised when he signed for Barça. He is useless on the wing and Suarez might not come back in the best form after his long term injury.
RW:
- Messi
- Dembele
- Trincao

Messi of course starts as a RW on paper, but realistically this position is more of a second striker due to how often he cuts inside. Anyways, both Dembele and Trincao specialize in cutting in from the right and they can substitute him too.
That leaves us with this squad:

A 21 man squad with depth in every position and multiple lineups. Due to the economic crisis ahead of us, not many teams will spend big this window. This is not only perfectly balanced sportingly, it works well economically too:
If we go based upon the prices reported in recent transfer news, Barça would spend LESS than what they would earn through transfers only. It would be the first window in forever that Barça actually would profit while making the quality of the squad overall better.
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