La Liga finish, top goalscorer and season preview

Barcelona will look to dethrone Actual Madrid and safe what could be the membership’s twenty eighth La Liga title within the 2024/25 season.

Barcelona are coming off a lackluster 2023/24 season that ended with zero trophies and the removing of head coach, Xavi Hernandez. Regardless of nonetheless ending second in La Liga, the membership’s home marketing campaign was deemed a failure, one which matched their lack of success in Europe.

Now, with former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick on the helm, new signing Dani Olmo within the midfield, and loads of younger expertise on the pitch and the bench, Barcelona have their sights set on besting rivals, Actual Madrid, for the Spanish crown.

Here is 90min’s season preview of Barcelona’s 2024/25 marketing campaign.

Barcelona’s performances within the final 5 seasons have had excessive highs and low lows. Below Xavi, they gained La Liga within the 2022/23 season, in addition to the Spanish Tremendous Cup. They did not win a trophy final yr, although, for the third time in 5 seasons.

The long-lasting membership additionally has massively struggled within the Champions League. They did not make the semi-finals within the final 5 seasons, and had two stunning group stage exits.

Most of Barcelona’s greatest gamers will retain the identical shirt numbers from the earlier season, however their younger superstars have been pressured to vary their numbers now that they’re registered with the first-team squad.

Lamine Yamal traded his 27 shirt for 19, whereas Pau Cubarsi switched from 33 to 2, which was most just lately worn by Joao Cancelo. Eric Garcia will don the quantity 24.

New signing, Dani Olmo, opted for the 20 jersey within the wake of Sergi Roberto’s departure. Pau Victor, the previous Girona man, took 18.

Pablo Torre, in the meantime, will now put on Joao Felix’s 14, and Marc Casado has Marcos Alonso’s 17 shirt.

*Numbers topic to vary earlier than finish of switch window

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Barcelona’s 2024/25 dwelling equipment pays homage to the membership’s first ever equipment from 1899. The design changed the blue and maroon stripes of final yr with strong blue and maroon break up down the back and front of the jersey. The crest rests in the course of the 2 colours, simply above a gold Spotify brand.

The leaked away equipment is predominately black with a maroon stripe on the appropriate facet and a blue stripe on the left. In contrast to the house equipment, the jersey comprises a collar.

Dwelling equipment

Away equipment

Barcelona have but to formally launch their away equipment for the 2024/25 season, however pictures of the design have been leaked by X consumer @memorabilia1899.

Third equipment

Barcelona have but to formally launch their third equipment for the 2024/25 season.

Robert Lewandowski ought to certainly as soon as once more be Barcelona’s prime goalscorer. The No. 9 completed third within the Pichichi race final season with 19 La Liga objectives. The yr prior, although, the Poland worldwide took dwelling the celebrated award after scoring 23 objectives in 34 La Liga appearances.

Lewandowski will as soon as once more be the go-to goal up prime, and he may have extra to do that yr with out Joao Felix to assist share the goalscoring load. The now Atletico Madrid man scored 10 objectives for Barcelona throughout all competitions final yr, the second most on the staff.

Ferran Torres, Fermin Lopez, and Lamine Yamal might be relied on to provide within the closing third, particularly after their profitable worldwide campaigns this summer time.

Barcelona’s younger expertise placed on a present this summer time, serving to Spain win each Euro 2024 and the gold medal on the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Catalans’ rising stars mixed with established gamers like Robert Lewandowski and Ilkay Gundogan make for a harmful roster heading into the 2024/25 La Liga season.

Regardless of Atletico Madrid’s current signings of Julian Alvarez, Robin Le Normand, and Alexander Sorloth, Barcelona’s squad nonetheless has the consistency, expertise, and expertise to beat out Diego Simeone’s facet within the La Liga standings.

There are nonetheless query marks surrounding this Barcelona facet, although, together with a number of accidents to key gamers like Gavi, Ronald Araujo, and Frenkie de Jong, in addition to how they are going to carry out underneath Hansi Flick. They appear poised for an additional 2nd place La Liga end behind Actual Madrid.

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