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Departure Lionel Messi leaving a big hole in the attack line Barcelona. Among the players in the current Barcelona squad, Gerard Pique have the most goals.
Messi left after his contract with Barcelona expired at the end of June. The Argentine player then continued his career at Paris Saint-Germain.
The departures of Messi this summer and Luis Suarez last year meant that Barcelona had no more goalscorers in attack. Even the list of goalscorers in the Barcelona squad is currently led by Gerard Pique who incidentally is a defender.
Reported AS, there are 17 players who already have a collection of goals in the Barcelona squad this season. Pique leads with a total of 50 goals.
Pique is one of the senior players at Barcelona. However, the fact that Pique has the most goals in the current squad suggests that Barcelona have failed to prepare a Lionel Messi successor or top striker over the past few seasons.
Even Antoine Griezmann, who is no longer part of the squad Barcelona after being released to Atletico Madrid, far behind Pique. Griezmann scored 34 goals in two years in uniform Blaugrana.
Pique is up to 20 goals ahead of Ousmane Dembele who is in second place. The French international winger scored 30 goals while defending Barcelona.
In third place is Philippe Coutinho, who was on loan at Bayern Munich, with 24 goals for Barcelona. Jordi Alba followed with 22 goals.
Sergio Busquets finished fifth with 15 goals, followed by Ansu Fati with 13 goals. Sergi Roberto followed with 12 goals. While the Danish striker, Martin Braithwaite, has scored 10 goals.
Memphis Depay only entered Barcelona’s goalscoring list recently. The Dutchman has scored two goals in three games for Barcelona.
Riqui Puig, Samuel Umtiti, Ronald Araujo, Oscar Mingueza have each scored just one goal. While Sergio Aguero and Luuk de Jong have yet to debut together Barcelona.
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