In the surprise of the season in Europe, press reports inside Spain stated that Barcelona is planning to activate a heavy-caliber exchange deal between Barcelona and City.
According to the newspaper “Sport”, Manchester City, led by Pep Guardiola, has expressed its desire to sign one of Barcelona’s stars, a player whose level has become noticeably low this season and Laporta is seeking to get rid of him for a large sum.
The Spanish newspaper “Sport” published that there is a desire and great anticipation on the part of Manchester City, the English club, to include the Barcelona midfielder, the Dutch player, Frenkie Dijung.
The newspaper added: There is a mutual desire on the part of the player to leave, and he also told those close to him that the Barcelona experience did not meet his ambitions and the experience was not the way the player wanted.
The Spanish newspaper added that Guardiola wants to sign De Jong by any means, as he sees the player as having great potential and capable of developing under his leadership.
The newspaper indicated that Laporta wants to exploit the desire of Guardiola and Manchester City to include the player and obtain City’s star player, the Joker, and Laporta’s first goal is the Portuguese Bernardo Silva.
The Spanish newspaper concluded that Manchester City is planning to exploit Barcelona’s desire to sign Bernardo Silva and put pressure to obtain the Dutch star De Jong.
