The whole situation surrounding Luis Suarez’s departure from Barcelona will probably linger over the club for a year, and you can be sure that Lionel Messi won’t forget it when his contract expires next summer either.
It leaves the club in an interesting situation where the squad might be strong enough to handle losing Suarez depending on Antoine Griezmann’s confidence, but you know that the fans will want someone else to come in.
Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan was spoken about for months as the likely replacement, but it looks like he won’t be coming and it’s Memphis Depay who’s going to be targeted instead:
However, Lyon have been fairly solid in the transfer market when it comes to playing hardball over their star players, so it will be interesting to see if Barca can get this over the line, especially when there’s no obvious alternatives.
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