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Consensus in Spain is that Martinez went to Bayern on Guardiola's wishes. Bayern went all out to get him (record transfer fee IIRC). Barcelona are sticking to their guns and are trying to live within their means which means a transfer budget of €50m per season, unless they sell.
Lewondowski would be an excellent signing for any of the top teams, let alone Barcelona. He would fit their plan A and plan B for that matter. He's much more than a target man. He's turned out to be one of the most complete out and out strikers in game, maybe second after Falcao.
As for Luiz, he doesn't fit the stereo type of the English CB, he's much better than that. He's pretty much the reverse of what Barcelona have at the moment ,DMF turned CB and therefore the interest seems very obvious. The only thing that concerns them is his lack of speed because Pique isn't the quickest either.
Barcelona were in talks last summer with Athletic Bilbao about Llorente but neither party were willing to give in.