Clinical finishers are the watch-word for Barcelona as they look to sign a striker ahead of next season.




Already, with strong speculations surrounding Barcelona's desire to net Thierry Henry of English Premiership side, Arsenal, the Catalans have also shortlisted two prolific scorers namely Diego Forlan and Roy Makaay.


Both strikers have played in Spain before and proven they are worth Barca's buy. Makaay is currently with German clubside, Bayern Munich and with the club closing in on a deal to bring Italian International Luca Toni into their fold, there doesn't seem to be too much opposition from the Bundesliga side should Makaay decide to leave for a club like Barcelona who are ready to pay good money for the striker's services.


Thierry Henry however, remains Barcelona's number one target, but just incase they fail to win him over to Camp Nou like was the case last season, they will fall back on securing either of the two star players.


Barcelona's main striker, Sam Eto'o has not hidden his desire to have a gauranteed place in Barca's starting line-up and will have to be sure his position is well secured. It will be interesting to watch how the balance will be struck by the Catalan's technical bench when a second striker comes in.


Eto'o will be out for six weeks when the African Cup of Nations commences in the early part of next year and he expects to return to his usual top marksmanship position for Barcelona.