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It has been a relatively quiet summer till this point at Barcelona, as the only two arrivals so far have been those of Frenkie de Jong who was signed back in January as well as goalkeeper Neto who will join the team from Valencia on July 1 as the swap replacement for Jasper Cillessen who went the other way.
However, a number of deals are still expected to be completed over the next two months as the Catalans have been linked with a number of big names as they seek to augment their squad ahead of another Champions League assault next season.
Despite winning the LaLiga at a canter last season, the consensus in many quarters is that the Blaugrana underperformed seeing as they failed in their quest to conquer Europe while their Copa del Rey final loss to Valencia also left a bitter taste in their mouth.
A lot of players underperformed over the course of the season and might have to be let go, while others could be sold to generate funds for upcoming transfers. In this piece, we shall be having a rundown of four players Barcelona should consider selling this summer.
#1 Rafinha
Rafinha has been a Barcelona player for the entirety of his footballing career, having joined the Barca academy in 2006 before progressing through the ranks and making his first-team debut in 2011.
However, for all the years he has spent at Barcelona, it is hard to point out too many things of note that the 26-year-old has contributed to the Blaugrana's cause, as most of his time at Nou Camp has been spent on the fringes.
He has undergone two loan spells to Eibar and Inter Milan and despite impressing somewhat, he did not see any major improvement in his quest for a starting shirt as injuries and the presence of better midfielders have hampered his chances massively.
Rafinha is the son of former Brazilian legend Mazinho as well as the younger brother of Bayern Munich and Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
Throughout the course of his Barcelona career, Rafinha has been nothing more than a fringe player, evidenced by the fact that he has made just 53 LaLiga appearances in his eight-year stay at the club. With the club having more than enough capable backup options in midfield, it might be time for Rafinha to call time on his injury-plagued Barcelona career.
#2 Malcom
Malcom caused a lot of controversy when he arrived Barcelona last year from Bordeaux for a sum of £36.5 million despite having agreed to terms with Italian side AS Roma with the club announcing his signing on Twitter and thousands of fans awaiting his arrival at the Rome International airport.
However, beyond his acrimonious arrival, the 22-year-old did not do too much of note in the Barcelona shirt, as he struggled to make an impact on the team and was restricted to substitute roles and appearances in cup competitions and dead rubber matches.
In total, Malcom made just 15 appearances (mostly off the bench) in LaLiga, scoring only one goal and with no shortage of suitors, Barcelona would be eager to sell him off to cough up funds for their other transfer targets. With sparse playing time last season, the Brazilian winger also missed out on an opportunity to represent his National Team in the ongoing Copa America.
#3 Philippe Coutinho
Having failed to perform up to expectations in his first full season at Barcelona, speculations have emerged that Philippe Coutinho could leave Barcelona in this summer window.
The Brazilian was made the most expensive signing in Barcelona's history and third most expensive player of all time when he completed a £140 million transfer to the Camp Nou from Liverpool in January 2018. And despite starring in his first half season with the Catalans, things got progressively worse in 2018/2019.
The 26-year-old found himself the subject of boos by the Barcelona crowd on numerous occasions and generally looked a shadow of the player he was in the Premier League.
If the club is to let him go, they would definitely want to recoup a large chunk of the money they spent to get him and this could then be channelled into their other pursuits.
#4 Ousmane Dembele
You know you're in for a tough challenge when you're made the most expensive player in a mega club's history and signed primarily to replace one of the best players in the world when you had just turned 20.
This was the exact scenario Ousmane Dembele found himself in and if the pressure was not enough already, a serious injury barely a month into his arrival further hampered issues and ensured that his first season was not one to remember.
The Frenchman, however, capped the 2017/2018 season with a World Cup triumph in Russia and despite starting his second campaign at Barcelona brightly, injuries once ore robbed him of taking a part in the crucial end of season run-in, while he also faced accusations of disciplinary and fitness issues.
The result of this is that despite impressing on occasion, the French international has not done enough to prove his worth to Barcelona two years on from his arrival and with the imminent arrival of Antoine Griezmann, Dembele might have to leave Spain in search of regular football somewhere else.
