Messi Suarez Neymar combo won’t be usurped in Barca’s striker search

Messi Suarez Neymar combo won’t be usurped in Barca’s striker search

With the hurrying search for the stronger reserve force, is MSN going to be the steamy combo still?

Messi Suarez Neymar combo won’t be usurped in Barca’s striker search

The club’s search for someone to supplement the “MSN” trident of Messi, Suarez and Neymar threatens to descend into farce. High profile targets such as Nolito and Luciano Vietto have each rejected moves to the Camp Nou in the past month. Also, Kevin Gameiro looks set to do the same. The Spanish super club have also flirted with Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Barbosa, Ousmane Dembele and Hatem Ben Arfa. But they signed none of them.

According to Sport, Barca have a list of 36 potential forwards they are looking at. They range from genuine stars such as Mauro Icardi and Alexandre Lacazette. There are also young but unproven hopefuls like Ayoze Perez and Borja Baston. Veterans Radamel Falcao and Robin van Persie are also there. There also appears to be no consistency in the type of forward Barca want to sign. They are looking at target men and wide forwards. Quite frankly, it seems Barca want to sign a forward just for the sake of it.

They have Neymar, Suarez and Messi scoring 131 goals between them last season and 122 the year before. It is easy to wonder why the club are investing so much energy into strengthening in attack. Nonetheless, the club has made their policy very clear. They would like to sign a player who could have the same effect Henrik Larsson did. It was when he joined Barcelona from Celtic in 2004 just a month before his 33rd birthday.

Barca have the best strikeforce in the world. They also have an able academy graduate in Munir El Haddadi to call upon when needed. There is really no need to tear their hair out trying to find another forward just for the sake of signing one.