Alternatively Paulinho can play as a striker and Dembele can play in midfield. A midfield four of coutinho, rakitic, busquets and Dembele is good and should be able to play posession football and create
I don't see why it should. Dembele and coutinho are on the pitch to create. If Suarez is in form he can find a winner for Barca, and coutinho and dembele can get goals from midfield
The "tap in" narrative is a lazy analysis imo, one that I used to go along with before I thought about it more closely
Sooner this guy retires the better for Barca
It will be a while before he joins the team, gets integrated, develops and maybe becomes world class. We could have a classic Barca midfield, bt by that time busquets will be about 33.