3 players Barcelona should look at to replace Luis Suarez
Barcelona's dearest No.9 and their prime striker Luis Suarez is not only the best at his club but also one of the world's frontrunners in his centre-forward position on goal. The Uruguayan forward, however, seems to be going through a rough patch as of right now, which can only be due to the fact that he may have entered his twilight years in the game.
Currently aged 32, Suarez has been at Barcelona since 2014 summer and has since gone on to make over 150 appearances for them - also netting in over 125 goals in the process. He also has over 50 senior goals for his country Uruguay, from 100+ appearances. Despite these immense numbers, some other figures have surfaced up since Barca's nonchalant display in the 0-0 stalemate against Lyon last night in the UCL Round of 16, and those figures show how serious Suarez' current goal-drought is.
It has been 1253 days since he last scored in a UCL away fixture, the last instance of that happening being a 1-1 draw against Roma in the group stages of the 2015-'16 UCL. In fact, Suarez has scored only four times across all UCL games he has played since then and is yet to open an account for this season.
Due to these reasons, and due to Suarez' age woes that the star has himself acknowledged at a point, Barcelona have already arranged to look for some backup options, someone who might be able to fill the Uruguayan's boots from the upcoming seasons. Let us take a look at the top-3 choices that Barcelona seem to favour in this case, as of right now.
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#1 Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt)
The Frankfurt-based youngster has already taken the Bundesliga by storm, by virtue of his goalscoring numbers for the club this season. No one else has scored more times than Jovic's 14, and his added set of advantages include good pace, which would turn out to be lethal for any opposition when combined with the speed of Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi from either wings and Philippe Coutinho from midfield.
It was reported less than a week ago, that a lot of prestigious European Clubs are on the lookout for this Serbian starlet, and that Barcelona is on the front of this queue.
Luka Jovic is technically a Benfica player who is on loan to Frankfurt, but the German club has a "buy" option attached to the deal. Now that the player has attracted sufficient interest from many top-tier clubs, Frankfurt is definitely going to buy him from Benfica for a bargain sum, and Barca in turn will have to buy him from them.