Barcelona's management has begun to finalize its stance on the matter of the outright striker who will lead the team's attack in the upcoming phase, amid the decline in Robert Lewandowski's performance and the shrinking chances of his continuation. According to the Spanish newspaper "Sport," doubts are increasing within the Catalan club's corridors about relying on Serbian Dusan Vlahović, Juventus' striker, as a future option.

Ferran Torres continues to solidify his position as a reliable attacking substitute, as his scoring statistics, when calculated relative to minutes played, show levels close to Europe's top strikers. This pushes Barcelona to seriously consider the identity of the attacking partner for the next season.

According to Sport, Vlahović's name was presented to the sports management after being proposed from Italy. The Serbian striker, aged 25, is under contract with Juventus until June 30, 2026. However, his high salary, estimated at around 12 million euros net annually, has been a clear obstacle despite the possibility of his departure this summer. Despite the direct monitoring of his performance by Bojan Krkić, expectations were not met this season.

Vlahović has scored only six goals in 17 official matches with Juventus during the current season, numbers the newspaper considered insufficient to convince Barcelona to continue betting on him.

In a related context, the newspaper pointed out that the player is close to reaching an agreement with Milan, which is the club most interested in signing him recently, reducing the chances of his inclusion in Barcelona's future plans.

Vlahović's situation became more complicated after he suffered an injury during Juventus' match against Cagliari in the Italian league two weeks ago. He left the field in pain after an attempt to shoot in the first half. The player suffers from a high-grade injury in the muscle-tendon junction of the left long adductor muscle, an injury that may keep him off the field for up to three months.