Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman admitted he was in talks with the club during the January transfer window over reinforcements in the squad, especially in defence.
Barcelona have a long list of injuries including experienced defender Gerard Pique, Phillipe Coutinho, Ansu Fati amongst others but failed to recruit in the winter because of the delayed presidential elections.
“I told the club that we needed a signing, but I respect any decision,” Koeman said at a press conference.
“I do not speak after the past. I was talking to them for a moment, but I respect the decision of the club, because of the economic issue. We continue with what we have.
“But, with the casualties and the bad luck of our injuries, we lack defenders, we lack forcefulness, we have not reinforced what we needed. Due to injuries we have lowered our performance in defence.”
Barcelona recently lost defender Ronald Araujo to injury and have a thin squad as they continue to chase on the La Liga table where they sit third behind rivals Atletico and Real Madrid. They also face an uphill task against PSG in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 next week.