Neymar's huge move to Paris definetly caused a bit of a stir in the Barcelona dressing room. It was almost certain that this would be one season the players would want to forget after getting crushed by arch rivals Real Madrid twice in the Supercopa de Espana even after signing expensive Ousmane Dembele and Paulinho.
Both the big signings were criticised. Ousmane Dembele was out for three months after only his second start for the team. And Paulinho ? The duo of Messi and Paulinho was too much for many la liga defenders even with Luis Suarez out of form. And when Suarez was back to normal did Barca need to worry about defending ?
Right now, Barcelona have calmed down a bit from their early rampage. Several factors have led to Barca being in good form. 1) Andres Iniesta being ever so stable and controlling the game.2) Ter stegen proving to be brilliant3) Messi, Suarez and Paulinho, ahem.4) Great effort by all team members and of course Ernesto Valverde
Of course the season is still far from being over right now, but Barcelona are very much in contention for their three major titles. But with the coming of Phil Coutinho and Yerry Mina, let's hope they achieve it !
Hardik Sapra