At the beginning of the season and again now, much was made of Barcelona’s summer signings. With a January transfer window that has yielded Philippe Coutinho and Yerry Mina, Barcelona will look to integrate them into the squad slowly but confidently.
Over the summer, the departure of Neymar looked like the end of an era, but started off a new Barcelona cycle within a 4-4-2 formation and a much more cohesive unit. The main cause of the current cohesion in the squad, paired with their defensive prowess and offensive creativity might be Barcelona’s stealthiest summer acquisition in a while… Ernesto Valverde.