Yes, Barca should have waited until next summer to make their signings. This isn't an unpopular opinion and you even said it yourself how clubs wanted to fleece them. Instead they grossly overpaid for Dembele to replace that 'massive hole', who proceeded to be injured for most of the season. I don't get why you're getting so vexed saying I have special powers lmao, many people were sceptical about the Coutinho transfer, and many barca fans on their own subreddit chastise Dembele for his inability to play effective Barcaball, something even 17yo Ansu Fati seems to be more adept at. Also Coutinho didn't just have a 'drop of form', he showed that he could not adapt to the change in formation from a 442 where he was LCM to a more offensive 433.