Barcelona have reportedly identified AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek as a possible long term replacement for Luiz Suarez.
Suarez turns 33 in January and signs of a decline have been evident over the past 18 months.
And Calciomercato.it claim Barca's chiefs have not been impressed with how Suarez has started the season and are thinking about bringing in a new forward in January.
A number of options have been discussed, including Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic, Leipzig’s Timo Werner and Getafe’s Jaime Mata.
However, Poland international Piatek is the preferred candidate with the Spanish club 'willing to allocate €50m (£44m)’ to secure his services.
The 24-year-old only joined Milan from Genoa in January for €35m (£31m) and has gone on to score 13 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions.
He is in somewhat of a dry spell at the moment, having scored just once from open play in his last 12 competitive games.
Suarez, meanwhile, has scored three goals in six appearances this term.
Legendar
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If I was the manager of Barcelona I would focus on signing a centre back
Ahmi_Jutt3
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Timo Werner is the best among the list.....
Athenkosi01
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Oh no we don't need anymore overrated players like Griezmann & Dembele. Just sign Neymar or Mbappe for once
PrinceSl
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This idiots really don't know anything, they are always destroying Barcelona. How can we buy a striker, for what?Abel Ruiz and Colado are even better than him. Where will he play under Valverde? We need to stop pretending that Pique is still good and either give Todibo chance or buy a defender. We have too many midfielders and strikers already even signing Griezman was a waste of money and time. Sack Valverde please and everything will start working. As long as he remain no player will come in and function well at Barcelona.
austin3451
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why not Griezmann play CF or what was the reason of signing him because we have more than enough LW and RW plus emergence of Ansu Fati