Well, yeah I agree, but is it more pressing than finding someone to offload Xavi? Perhaps you're right. I can't see us having the money needed to spend big on a world class forward, even with the sale of Alexis, in addition to all the other positions we need reinforcing. But perhaps we could make do in midfield by selling Song and moving Masch to midfield as a backup for Busquets, as well as returning Rafinha from Celta, and then have enough money to spend on a forward.
But that leads us to the same problem: if we sell Alexis but can't get Reus from Dortmund as we're already going for Hummels, who do we sign as a RW then? Deulofeu would be a huge downgrade from Alexis. Of course we could get Benatia instead of Hummels and perhaps get Reus from Dortmund instead, would this be realistic? I'd take Hummels over Benatia if it were just between these two, but perhaps this is the best solution?
Cuadrado to take over for Alves is interesting, I've seen a couple of matches and been impressed with his abilities going forward, but is he a step up from Alves defensively? We should aim to get someone like Abidal at right back to bring balance to the defence, as we already have Alba bolting down the left flanks for most of the time we have the ball.
