Whenever the Spanish league resumes, there’s little point in putting the elephant in the room to one side.

There are certain players in the team that are the wrong side of 30, and whose playing situation, both immediately and longer term, has to be addressed.

Gerard Pique, Arturo Vidal and Luis Suarez all offer something different, but should they stay or should they go? Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of keeping them for a while yet.

Pique pros

Simply put, without him Barca would’ve lost a lot more games than they have to this point.