Lewandowski, Raphinha: Five ways Barcelona's attack could line up in 2022/23

Barcelona are going all out with their attacking recruits this summer.

Despite the La Liga club having become something of a punchline in recent years due to their financial woes, Joan Laporta and co still seem to be functioning in the transfer window with remarkable levels of success.

And while the Blaugrana have been linked with defensive targets such as Jules Kounde, Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, it’s the club’s front line which has received the most attention over the last few weeks.

Barcelona completed the signing of Raphinha from Leeds United to the tune of £55 million and also secured the future of Ousmane Dembele, bringing an end to months of uncertainty by extending his stay until 2024.

However, the biggest acquisition of all has seen the Catalan giants secure a move for two-time The Best FIFA Men’s Player winner Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich for £42.5 million.

While Barcelona still need to cross the Ts and dot the Is in order to make the transfer official, the long-running saga has been given Fabrizio Romano’s coveted ‘here we go’ seal of approval and should be wrapped up imminently.

So, all this is to say that Xavi has plenty of options when it comes to his front line despite having lost Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Philippe Coutinho, Sergio Aguero and effectively Antoine Griezmann in the last few years alone.

As such, it means that there are multiple exciting ways that Xavi can posture his attacking force next season within the 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 formations that he’s typically used at the club.

So much so, in fact, that we’ve decided to illustrate some of the approaches that Xavi could take by drawing up five configurations using players that call the Camp Nou home at the time of writing.

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