I don't think Mbappe will ever be on Barcelona's radar. Currently, the Blaugrana almost have a mature squad with unstable financial conditions. I think the arrival of Gundogan is enough to complete the Barca squad to return to control of La Liga. Osimhen could be the right option if Xavi wants to add strength to his attack line, but the price is too high, of course the team from Catalan cannot afford it.
If we are using our sense and it will be impossible to think barcelona gonna put mbappe on its radar. The club is not even solving its financial problem. How can barcelona pay like 200m to the PSG for mbappe? It's too good to be true.
Barcelona needs to sell a half of its players to make it happen. Gundogan was enough. Barcelona just need to focus to find busquet's replacement at this moment. That's all needed by barcelona right now.
People were linking mbappe to the barcelona which doesn't even make sense to hear that.
It could happen, but as you say, it doesn't make sense because Barcelona are struggling financially. And also for now their squad seems better prepared with the presence of new players, especially Gundogan who was brought in for free from Manchester City.
I have a ridiculous thought about Barcelona and Mbappe, I mean Mbappe will end his contract next season, that means there will be a free transfer, well I want to see if they will be one of the teams that will compete for Mbappe or not with his free agent status. Lol, that was my wild thought.