Xavi is a good coach and Barcelona was suppose to give him the comfort he want in Barca to enable him still stay in the club longer than this. He came two seasons ago and won the Laliga trophy for them and due to financial problems, last season became tough for him in the beginning, but he was able to manage the players and brought the team back to their form, despite the lack of funds to buy some new players. Finally, Barcelona ended in second place this season with no trophy, and I would not call it a bad season for them.
These young coaches are filled with great coaching talents that they should be given time to build their own team for the future, so that they can become more successful than this. I hope that Barcelona gets the right coach that will lead them to winning trophies next season.
That is true but don't forget that Real Madrid started the season without a true striker. It's not like they didn't have any problems, but they did an amazing job buying Bellingham. It was both a great analysis and of course some luck as you can't anticipate that a player will play like he did.
Barcelona instead decided to sign Gundogan, who is beyond doubt a good player, but nowhere near as effective as some of the best players Real Madrid has. I am also not a big fan of Lewandowski anymore. He will always be able to score a great goal as he is a former world footballer and knows how to do it, but he isn't as good as he used to be and Barcelona needs absolutely outstanding strikers for their game. Strikers who can the full 90 minutes at maximum speed.
They have been signing these players who are either old or who were not able to deliver for their former clubs. Joao Felix scores less than 1 goal every 4 games. So he is a guy who scores less than 10 goals per season if you do the math. How is that enough? Vinicius Junior scored 23 goals and gave 11 assists in 38 games. That is good! And he is always a threat whereas Joao Felix is not. The list is longer and shows that Barcelona made decisions that now fire back. A contract with a huge salary for Lewandowski although he is soon 36 years old. It was smart for Lewandowski, but not smart for Barcelona...