FC Barcelona are in pursuit of Valencia’s Rodrigo because of an injury to Luis Suárez. The fact that Barça are scrambling to pay 60 million euro for a striker with two league goals this season is a result of poor planning.
It started, really, in 2014 when Suárez was signed. As a backup, Luis Enrique had three options: Pedro, Munir, and Sandro. The first was once a starting winger, given a bench role with the arrival of Neymar and Suárez. The other two were proper centerforwards who came from Barcelona B and were given their debuts under Lucho.