What we have learned about Barcelona this season so far

Spain has some of the biggest clubs in Europe, and they hardly come bigger than Barcelona, with the Catalans expected to show their worth in every campaign.

Atletico de Madrid has been the only consistent team coming between the Blaugranas and Real Madrid in the race to win La Liga.

Diego Simeone has done a superb job in ensuring his team stays close to those two as much as possible, but Barca remains one of the top clubs in the land.

They won La Liga last season under the guidance of one of their own, Xavi Hernandez, who answered the call when the team was struggling.

It had been through some mediocre managers, especially Ronald Koeman, who threatened to ruin the beautiful club.

They also had some financial troubles, no thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020, which ruined the club’s finances and ensured that it struggled to keep its best-ever player, Lionel Messi.

However, as one of the most important institutions in Spanish football, Barca has remained alive and is doing well.

The money problem still exists, but the club is doing well under Xavi, and he has restored a culture of winning to Catalonia.

Winning the league last season ahead of Real Madrid was a major signal that this team has arrived and is prepared to deliver the best football, so if you love good things, you will save your spot in Camp Nou with a Barcelona ticket soon.

This season would be a good one for the club, and there are so many signs to prove this, as they have carried the feel-good factor from the last campaign with them into the new one.

Xavi is becoming a top manager because of his exploits in that team, and the ex-midfielder worked under some of the best coaches in the world and should know what it means to bring success to Camp Nou.

Fans expect the team to win the Champions League this term, and it is a competition they can win if they maintain the standard they have created recently.

In this campaign, we have learnt some new things about the Catalans and share them in this article.

Ferran Torres is getting back to his best

Ferran Torres is one player Barcelona expected so much from when he joined them from Manchester City in 2022.

The move was a surprise because Barca was unstable at the time and City were making good progress; plus, the Premier League club had the money to keep him happy.

But Torres did not want to miss the chance to play for one of Spain’s most iconic clubs and moved to Catalonia.

The attacker has remained one of the important players in their group, and this season has been a good one for him.

He is finally showing why he is such a good attacker and has bagged three goals in his first four league matches for the Catalans.

This is preparing him for a season that Barca needs to score goals and he is showing that they can rely on him to get as many of these strikes as possible.

Ansu Fati may not have a future in Camp Nou

Ansu Fati spent the last two seasons struggling to convince Xavi that he could be an essential player for the club and reach his full potential as the heir to Lionel Messi.

However, the gaffer did not see him as good enough, even if he kept talking about the attacker in the news.

It was evident that Xavi did not fancy Fati, so his loan move to Brighton did not come as a surprise to most fans who have followed their relationship closely.

Brighton is a good club and their style of play makes them the best place for Fati, but make no mistake, even a good season in the south coast of England will not help Fati get into favour at Camp Nou again.

This temporary transfer helps the club to avoid questions about the striker’s future and they will be more than happy to sell him for a huge transfer fee when he returns from the temporary spell.

Robert Lewandowski is still the main man in attack

Robert Lewandowski has been one of the best strikers in Europe in the last few seasons and Barca knew they landed a big star when they added him to their squad.

Xavi has always talked up his love for the Poland star, and we do not expect that to change soon.

The striker has started this season with three goals and three assists from the first five games of the season.

The Champions League begins this week, and we expect him to prove to be one of the main men for them in the competition.

He is one of the leading scorers in the UCl, and his start this term shows he has what it takes to bring that trophy back to Barca.

Yamal is the perfect replacement Dembele

Ousmane Dembele was on the books of Barcelona between 2017 and this summer when he shocked them by asking to move back to France to PSG.

The truth is that Dembele has wanted out of Barca for a long time, and he does not care about his legacy.

He joined the club as a replacement for Neymar, who had been such a fantastic servant to Barcelona and fans had so much expectation of him, but he failed and knows he did not come close to meeting them.

Thankfully, his departure opened the door for a new star to arrive at the club in the person of Lamine Yamal.

The 16-year-old is the latest sensation in the colours of the Catalans and has already broken into the Spain senior national team.

Yamal is the real deal, and he reminds us of a certain young Lionel Messi who also broke onto the scene at a very young age.

With Yamal in the team, the Catalans do not have to worry about adding a replacement for Dembele to the group.

He is the man they had wanted Dembele to be, and because he is one of their own, there is no need to worry about losing his loyalty in the future.

Barcelona can win the Champions League.

Winning the Champions League is the next goal for Barcelona after they secured the La Liga crown last season and they look prepared.

The Catalans could not do well in Europe and domestically last season, which saw them fail to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and also could not win the Europa League.

That was a big blow to them as one of the top clubs in the world, but after winning the last league title, the Catalans can be sure that they will do well in Europe this campaign.

This is because the players now know that they can win trophies if they are in their best form, and we expect them to learn from the failure of the last UCL campaign.

Barca now has one of the most complete teams in Europe, with outstanding experienced players being combined with exciting youngsters.

Xavi will come up against some of the best managers in the world in the Champions League, but he has proven to be a superb gaffer himself, so he will not be afraid.

Barcelona will relish the chance to develop further in this campaign than the last one, and we know they will break new grounds as a club.

The Catalans will not have an easy campaign domestically or in Europe, but they have shown in the past that they are a team that is created for success.