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Barcelona issues: Messi, Griezmann and the attack, who pairs with Pique heading into new season

It's been another summer of drama at Barcelona. There's still uncertainty over the coach's future, their star player left (and still hasn't technically returned), LaLiga further reduced their spending limit for the upcoming season and they've been unable to move on a handful of unwanted big-earning players inherited from the previous regime.

President Joan Laporta started the summer by saying he needed time to "reflect" on whether Ronald Koeman was the right man to lead Barca forward. In the end, given the lack of options to replace him and the money it would have cost to remove him, he decided to give the Dutch coach a second season.