Fc barcelona transfer news 2018-2019

Barcelona have had more failures than successes in the transfer market since receiving €222 million from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar in 2017. Their spending in the aftermath of that world-record transfer was erratic and yielded little immediate return.

Over €300m was invested in Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele in the immediate aftermath of Neymar's departure. Only Dembele remains at the club, with the other two players moved on at a massive loss.

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There have been other eyebrow-raising signings for a multitude of reasons: €7m on Matheus Fernandes, who would later sue the club; Kevin-Prince Boateng and Jeison Murillo on loan; snapping Malcom away from Roma only to offload him the next summer; and dubious swap deals involving Neto, Jasper Cillessen, Arthur Melo and Miralem Pjanic.

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At the other end of the scale, Ronald Araujo and Pedri were picked up for cheap transfer fees and have blossomed into key first-team players, Andreas Christensen signed as a free agent last summer while Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski are so far proving their value.

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