The trade of center forward is the most precious in a sport that, tactical labyrinths and sports poetry on the sidelines, consists of something as rustic as scoring goals. That is why it is so difficult for the clubs of the bourgeoisie to discard their battering rams . Or find someone who can relieve them.

Robert Lewandowski , who will turn 32 next August, is serving his sixth season at Bayern. There he has stacked 325 goals in 280 games, the last one this Saturday against Leverkusen. Karim Benzema -33 years old in December-, suspected so many times for playing better away from the area than inside it, has threaded 11 campaigns at Real Madrid. His response, 241 goals in 501 games. Without forgetting, of course, the case of Sergio Agüero : nine seasons at Manchester City (254 goals in 368 games).

No one has disputed the position of Luis Suárez in Barcelona since, after completing his sanction for the bite of Chiellini, he debuted in a classic at the Bernabéu on October 25, 2014. Become an appendix of Leo Messi, the Uruguayan not only He has fulfilled, but, at 33 years old and after six seasons, he credits records that are impossible to overlook. With 191 goals in 270 games, he is only three goals away from one of the entity's great legends, Ladislao Kubala . Only César (232) and, of course, the unreachable Messi (627) remain ahead.

With Lautaro on the horizon

Barcelona, ​​however, believes that this summer the generational relay must take place. Hence the insistence on the hiring of the Argentine striker for Inter Lautaro Martínez, a footballer who, although he does not yet credit the proper numbers of a consolidated striker (0.37 goals per game for Suárez's 0.70) , and despite a price that threatens to torment the managers of Barcelona even more (111 million euros), aspires to be a reference. And he already has Messi's blessing, an indispensable condition. Suarez has one year left on his contract, which can be extended until 2022 if he plays 60% of the games next year. No one has told him to renew.

When Luis Suárez burst last January in Jeddah after that semi-final of the Super Cup that ended with the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde, the twilight ceased to be a threat to become evidence. He had played infiltrated in Saudi Arabia after finishing the right knee foxed in the derby against Espanyol . But the pain was already excruciating. Three days after playing against Atlético, on January 12, he went through the operating room. The season was over. This Saturday, however, the club's doctors announced his medical discharge. The coronavirus pandemic offered an unexpected possibility. With 11 League days to play and what can be left of the Champions League.

Quique Setién, who has not been able to line up the only pure striker in the squad in his 12 games with Barça , and who had to experiment with a Griezmann who never adapted to the position, will be able to wind up a 191-goal signing. It does not seem little.

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