Barcelona Transfers: 5 Players They Must Sign

1. Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad)

Still only 22 years of age, Mikel Oyarzabal has marked himself out as one of Spanish football's hottest prospects over the past couple of seasons - the attacking midfielder scoring 14 goals in each of the past two campaigns.

In his style of play, Oyarzabal is somebody who would be a natural fit for Barcelona. A fluid, technically fantastic player who is happy to drop deep to show for the ball, the Spain international is the sort of player who is tailor-made to shine in a Barca shirt.

Barcelona wouldn't be the only team to show interest in Oyarzabal, however, with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City reportedly eyeing the player up as a replacement for Leroy Sane should the Germany winger get his long-mooted move to Bayern Munich.

Those same reports claim that Oyarzabal has a release clause of €75 million - which could end up being a snip should Barcelona indeed view the skilful technician as somebody they'd be looking to bring in before the current transfer window slams shut.

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