The day before yesterday, the main saga of this summer was over with grief - Neimar officially left Barcelona, ??after which he signed a contract with PSG for the next five seasons. It turns out that prescribing crazy clausula in the contract Neimar (222 million euros), the bosses of the Catalan club simply miscalculated. No one thought that in the world there is a club that is ready overnight is ready to shell out such a huge sum for a football player. Despite all the nuances, it is possible to say with courage - 222 million euros did not make Barcelona happier, the club lost much more than it acquired.

Immediately after the media reported that the Parisians seriously intend to activate Neimar's clausulum and this was reinforced by the words of people close to the French club, the "blue garnet" started to search for a suitable replacement. In general, at the moment there is hardly a football player in the world that can easily join the "blaugranas" and replace Neimar, but without a new player to this position in the new season, Barca is facing big problems.

We believe that at the moment there are five real candidates, and it is one of these players who will change their club in Barcelona in the coming weeks to Barcelona. So, let's go.

Angel Di Maria (PSG).

Undoubtedly, Angel is one of the strongest football players in the world and is able to play in any team (except the one led by Louis van Gaal). Let's try to find the pros and cons of this transition. In favor of Di Maria says that he is perfectly familiar with La Liga, because the Argentine had four successful seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu. Therefore, for sure, the winger will not need a lot of time to adapt, and he immediately joins the team. And this is exactly what you need now in Barcelona. Also an important point is that Di Maria is a compatriot and just friend of the main man of the Spanish team - Lionel Messi. Messi himself before repeatedly, said that he would be extremely pleased to welcome in his team Di Maria.

Now about the minuses. First - Di Maria is left-handed, which means that Suarez and Messi will have to get used to the manner of the game Angel, while the links with the legged Neimar were worked out before the automatism. The next fact, which does not speak in favor of Di Maria, - the footballer of the next winter will turn 30 years old. Give more money (no doubt that PSG will ask Barcelona for at least 80 million euros) for a player of this age - absolutely not in the style of the Catalan club. Therefore, it seems to us that the transition of Di Maria to Barcelona is the least likely scenario.

Killian Mabppe (Monaco).

Mbappa, probably, is the main newsmaker of this summer after Neimar. In the press constantly write about the interest in young talent from the top clubs in Europe, but no specifics yet. A few days ago the French Le Parisien assured that in Barcelona they decided to give up all their energy for buying Mabppe. Oils in the fire poured himself a footballer, when he announced his desire to leave Monaco. It seems that the 18-year-old is ready for a new challenge. And for some reason, there is some certainty that Spain will be the next place for the deployment of the player. Will it be Real Madrid or Barcelona, ??only time will show.

But do you need Mbuppe Barcelona right now? In Monaco Kilian acted on the classic center-forward position, while in Barcelona this place will be occupied by at least another 3-4 years Luis Suarez. Yes, Mbagpe is only 18 years old, and he can be easily tried in another position, but does the team have time to experiment with Valverde? To sign the Frenchman, Barcelona will have to spend most of the proceeds from the transfer of Neimar. And where is the guarantee that Mpappa will succeed and he will become his own in Catalonia? The 18-year-old will not be very easy to quickly adapt to the new country and the new team. It's hard to believe that Barcelona will take such a risky step.

Uthman Dembele (Borussia D) Another young footballer who shone last season in the Bundesliga. The situation with the transfer of this player is in many respects similar to the version with Mbappa, but we will be frank, Usman has more chances to become a player of Barcelona. Firstly, the 20-year-old has already managed to play in France and Germany and the change of the championship was given him absolutely painless. Secondly, Dembele will cost "blue-pomegranate" almost twice cheaper than Mbappa. And, finally, the player himself has a great desire to move to Spain. True, it is unclear where the winger wants more - in Real Madrid or Barcelona.

Paulo Dibala (Juventus) To his 23 years, Dibala became a well-established football player and reached the highest level. Already in the last season, Paulo put in a row with the best players of our time, and fans to draw parallels did not cease to compare the striker with Lionel Messi. Rumors about the potential transition of Dibala to Barcelona went before the departure of Neimar, and after the transfer of the Brazilian these conversations reached a new level - "blougranas" moved on to active actions.

In Juventus traditionally immediately began to talk about the fact that Paulo is not for sale, but this has already been read quite funny. Especially if you remember the words of the general director of the club Beppe Marotta, dated last summer, when he shouted to the whole world that Manchester United will not get Paul Pogba in any way. Marotta did not change his traditions and this time did the same. "Dibala is not for sale for any money", - said the functionary confidently. Do you believe his words? If Barcelona decides to buy it Dibalu and will be ready to satisfy the financial appetites of the Old Lady, this deal can be resolved in a few hours.

The desire to move to Barcelona and join Messi at Dibala certainly have. There is also a replacement for bianco neri (Federico Bernardeschi), and there is no problem with "blue-garnet" money. Almost everything says in favor of the transfer. except one. In addition to Philippe Coutinho, who at the moment still looks more preferable option for Barcelona.

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool).

Of all the real candidates for the replacement of Neimar in Barcelona, ??the most suitable is precisely Coutinho. For some reason, there is no doubt that Philippe will ideally fit into the game "blaugranas" right now, which is so necessary for the team. Coutinho is still young, he has something to prove and he is very hungry for trophies. It was a bit strange to read the May interview of a Brazilian in which he tried to explain why he does not want to go to Barcelona. Allegedly in such a team, Philippe will become "another good football player," while in Liverpool he "may be something more". It turns out that Coutinho - a coward and afraid to be in the shadows of Messi and Suarez?.

For Coutinho himself, it will be better to accept this challenge and prove to himself that he can become one with the aforementioned players. Neimar came to Barcelona even less status football player and he did it all. So what is worse than Philippe? Another question is the reluctance of Liverpool, and more of the manager Jurgen Klopp, part with the player. The German coach recently called Barcelona's attempts to sign his football player funny, but for some reason it seems that this is just a defensive reaction. Klopp perfectly understands that if Coutinho wants to leave, then this transfer will take place. Barcelona has money, so it remains to achieve the desire of the player himself. Liverpool will not go anywhere and will definitely arrange the most expensive transfer in club history, and Klopp will surely accept this. The case remains only for Coutinho.

Alexander Puzik, Football. Ua.