Dan Thomas

It's a guy who's looked really, really good all season.

Look, last year,

There's no two ways about it.

Szczesny coming out of retirement and winning a treble for Barcelona and getting to a European Cup semi-final and very nearly reaching a final was one of the great stories in football.

But I think deep down when we stripped away all of that and we stripped away how good his performances were as well, I think everybody kind of felt at the end of last season, yeah, but Barcelona really need a goalkeeper that takes them up a level.

And I think what's happened with Joao Garcia is that they've started to think they've found him.

What has been apparent, of course, with Barcelona so far this season as they look short at the back.

They have brought in a new full-back, an interesting full-back as well.

Jao Cancelo returns to Barcelona, looking to guide them, of course, across the finish line in La Liga and the Champions League.

Surprise signing, says the front page of Sport.

Here's Hansi Flick.

Sid, those who have watched Barcelona this season, I doubt their first thought was, you know what Barca really need is more attacking full-backs.

Yeah, more attacking fullbacks, more defenders who don't chase their men, who are not particularly tactically disciplined, that may well have lots of talent, but don't have those things.

The Barcelona have lacked this year.

Now, I think Hansi Flick's response there, I think is actually a pretty good one in that there's a degree of analysis there.

There's a degree of explaining why he thinks it works.

But of course, one of the reasons why this deal has happened is because it can happen.

When you go into the winter window, you don't always have the possibility to make the signings that you really, really want.

You have to look at the potential alternatives.

You've got a player who's been there before.