FC Barcelona has already in mind a replacement for when Lionel Messi leaves

A lot has been talked about Lionel Messi's next club and how will that club play, but nobody stopped to think about what will happen with FC Barcelona when the best player of their history leaves. These are strange times for the club, and want his farewell to be the least painful as possible.

That is why they have already started to think about possible replacements. When Messi leaves, a big sum of money will be available for the club due to his extremely high wages. So, even in an economic crisis, they will have some room to make a good spending. And they seem to have found the ideal successor.

The player thought to take the number 10 shirt is Lautaro Martínez. This striker is having a successful tenure at Inter and looking at the bad moment of the Italian team, moving to Barcelona would mean an upgrade in his career. Also, signing a striker would mean the first quality player in that spot since Luis Suarez.

But it will not be so easy. First, Barcelona would have to pay around 110 million euro to convince Inter to let him go. Lautaro could be interested in playing with the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho or Ansu Fati, but first he has to wait for an answer from his current club. But more important, what Messi does.