Barcelona are still grappling with the fall-out from their financial problems and they are struggling to put together a package to land Bayern Munich's wantaway striker Robert Lewandowski.
They may have to sell to fund their spending and Frenkie de Jong is wanted by Erik ten Hag at Manchester United while several other players with the Catalan club have been linked with the Nou Camp exit door.
Barca's La Liga rivals Real Madrid might have missed out on Kylian Mbappe, who stayed at Paris Saint-Germain, but they brought in one of European football's hottest young talents in the form of Monaco forward Aurelien Tchouameni and will now look to tie down a few other stars. Mirror Sport has rounded up the latest transfer news and rumours from around the continent.
