Barcelona's Hunger Games: Pjanic, Memphis, De Jong...

Barcelona's summer transfer window has been vibrant.

The arrivals of talented players have given hope to a team with low morale and in need of success.

Meanwhile, the famous levers have worked miracles and now it is time to finalise the 2022/23 project.

Despite the euphoria of the fans, there is a problem for the Barcelona directors as there is not room for everyone in the squad and several players' futures are up in the air.

The cases of Miralem Pjanic, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay are the most controversial.

The Bosnian midfielder's future seemed unclear, but his performance against Juventus makes it clear that he has a serious chance of staying with the Catalan side.

Coach Xavi Hernandez's praise leaves no room for doubt. If Pjanic delivers on the pitch, he can stay.

"He has an extraordinary technical quality and has a vision of football that few have in the first touch," Xavi told the press after the friendly at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

"He gives us a lot with the ball. We'll see what happens between now and the end of the transfer window, but against Juventus he had a very good second half."

For his part, Memphis scored against Inter Miami and he pushed hard in his bid to get his name on the scoresheet against Juventus too.

He persisted until the final whistle, showing grit, commitment and quality. The Dutchman wants to stay at the Blaugrana

In addition to the salary cap, Memphis' main issue is that Barcelona now possess many forwards following the arrivals of Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha, who came to compete for spot with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ousmane Dembele, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres.

In any case, the Netherlands international does not seem ready to throw in the towel and he is trying to convince Xavi.

Meanwhile, the future of Frenkie de Jong is up in the air too.

The Dutchman has had a rather discreet role in his time at the Camp Nou following his move from Ajax.

What's more, in recent try-outs he has been playing as a centre-back. It doesn't look good for him.

Barcelona are focusing, for now, on the signings for next season. Once this chapter is closed, the club could address the departures.

They want to make space in the salary cap in order to facilitate the registration of new signings, something that the club are more than convinced they will achieve with new levers.