Ranking Barcelona’s 10 best signings of the 2010s: Suarez, Neymar, Villa

Barcelona’s transfer business in the 2010s wasn’t as strong as that of some other elite European clubs, but it didn’t exactly need to be.

When you’re working with a base of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi, not to mention a full decade of Gerard Pique at centre-back and several years of Dani Alves on the right, you can get away with some duff purchases. Of which there were undoubtedly plenty.

Still, for all the expensive flops, there have still been a few players who we can call successes for their time in Catalunya over the course of the 2010s. Even there, though, there’s quite a jump from the bottom to the top.

Here are the top 10, from worst to best.

It might come as a surprise to see Bravo here, given his underwhelming form in the Premier League, but the Chilean made a big impact after joining Barca in 2014.

The former Real Sociedad man broke a record by going 754 minutes without conceding a goal, the longest run at the start of a season in La Liga, and ended his first season as a treble-winner.

For this, he edges out contenders such as Ousmane Dembele, Samuel Umtiti and Paulinho, all of whom were in the discussion for the 10th spot. If Dembele stays and becomes the world-beater he’s always threatened to be, we’ll eat our words, but if he leaves on a free – as looks likely – he’s proven a disastrous signing.

Fabregas might not have replicated his best Arsenal form at Camp Nou, but he didn’t exactly do badly.

A €29million arrival from north London in 2011, the Spanish international was part of the squad which was unlucky to lose to Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final and ended the campaign as part of a victorious Euro 2012 squad, scoring twice in the group stage and playing 75 minutes in the final.

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