Sky Sports pundit Terry Gibson believes Barcelona need to freshen up their squad in the summer to avoid a similar end-of-season burn-out next year.
Trevor
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by Atletico Madrid in April before going on a run of defeats in the league that
allowed Atletico and Real Madrid back into contention in the La Liga title
race.Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal were the high-profile new faces in the Barcelona
squad when the clubs transfer ban was lifted at the turn of the year, but Gibson
thinks that Enrique needs more youth to give the squad an edge for next season.
Im not sure if Luis Enriques trying to make a point to the hierarchy at the club
- but he doesnt have too much faith in too many of the squad players, so hes
constantly relied on the same players time and time again, Gibson told the La
Liga Weekly podcast.Its an advantage to play a consistent team, which hes been
able to do in the last few weeks because of not being in the Champions League.
But next season if you looked at those two games against Arsenal, those two
games against Atletico Madrid, thats when he could have done with some extra
players. Luis Enrique has relied on a small group of starting players this
season. I think its no secret that their best players are in their late 20s and
early 30s. Neymar is 23, theres Rafinha and Sergi Roberto who he seems to trust,
but Marc Bartras gone off to scowl, Thomas Vermaelen hasnt contributed enough,
Adriano hasnt - those types need to be better and younger probably.I wonder how
much they can raise from just selling the players who are on the fringes of the
squad. On the face of it I was excited when they signed Arda Turan, but looking
at it now - hes 29 and they probably needed a similar player but younger. Aleix
Vidal is a little bit of a mystery. La Liga Weekly - 16th May This isnt a
criticism of the age of the players who are serving them so well at the moment,
but are they capable of playing the level that they need to at Barcelona for 60
games a season?One player who Gibson has been particularly impressed by is
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez, who scored a hat-trick against Granada on the
final day of the season to secure the title and claim the Pichichi with 40
league goals in the season. Watch the best of Barcelonas potent strike force:
Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar Luis Suarez up-front sometimes looks like
an ugly duckling in the Barcelona team, Gibson said. Although his touch is good
and hes a great player, he is different and you can tell he hasnt been brought
up through the same system.If ever a player was responsible at crunch time of
the season in dragging his team by the scruff of the neck, lifting them across
the finishing line, it was him. He has added so much to the team. He allows
Messi to drift away. We see a different Messi now, whos not obsessed with the
goals that he scores. If ever a player was responsible at crunch time of the
season in dragging his team by the scruff of the neck, lifting them across the
finishing line, it was Suarez. Terry Gibson Real Madrids 2-0 win on the final
day of the season against Deportivo La Coruna meant that the gap at the top of
the table ended as just one point, but Gibson thinks the best team have come out
on top.We quickly forgot all the praise and adulation they were receiving from
everyone when they were on that 39-game unbeaten run, he said. Luis Suarez
scored a hat-trick at Granada as Barcelona won the La Liga title again They were
coasting home and I think that was the problem. They didnt seem to be too fussed
when they lost to Real Madrid, despite it being a Clasico, because the point gap
was still significant, but then there were the defeats to Real Sociedad and
Valencia and the panic button was pressed.I never had any doubt that they
wouldnt win those five games, but I didnt think theyd win it in such style.I
genuinely do believe that, apart from that run of four or five games, Barca have
been clearly the best team in the league and I think its testament to Real
Madrid and Atletico Madrid that theyve got close to such a good team. Also See:
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