5 football clubs that desperately need to buy before the transfer deadline
The transfer window offers an opportunity for teams to be able to fill gaps in their squad, so that they can ensure that the season ahead is successful. Irrespective of whether its a big or a small club, the need for new players every season is certainly there. With the August transfer window now in its last legs, here are a few clubs that desperately need to make some signings before the window slams shut.
#1 FC Barcelona
Normally, the transfer activity that Barcelona have had during this window would count as good business. They brought in Luis Suarez, arguably the 3rd best player in the world behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. They also brought in much needed replacements in the form of Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Ivan Rakitic, Thomas Vermaelen, Claudio Bravo and Jeremy Mathieu. They also sold players that weren’t working out for a significant amount of money, especially Cesc Fabregas and Alexis Sanchez.
But the transfer ban that they are staring at for the next 2 transfer windows will hurt their chances for next season as well as the Champions League, and it is imperative that they make more signings before the present transfer window closes. While they may have some good players, one can never predict injuries and form, and to wait till January 2016 would spell doom for a club as huge as Barcelona. Even if it means not playing some of the players as regularly as they would like to justify salaries, taking a longer view would be more beneficial for the club at the present time. True, their ban may yet be overturned by the CAS, but that’s a gamble that they cannot afford to depend on.