When Mateu Alemany traveled to Manchester at the end of the summer transfer window, everyone in Spain was convinced that the sports director of Barcelona traveled to pick up Edinson Cavani. It looks like they were wrong…Catalan outlet Mundo Deportivo announced on Sunday that the fallen giant wants to refresh their team with Dani Olmo from RB Leipzig or Raheem Sterling from Manchester City during the winter. A day later, the competing media house Sport, also well acquainted with the events at the Nou Camp, writes that Alemany traveled to England specifically because of the 26-year-old English winger.Sat, 16/10, 17.00: (1.15) MAN CITY (9.00) BURNLEY (22.00)Manchester City decided to keep Sterling because they did not sign no one else besides Jack Grealish. Rumours were strong on the arrival of Tottenham’s Harry Kane but that is where it all halted – it remained a rumour. It is added by the Spanish media that negotiations with Sterling have intensified in recent weeks and that he has a positive attitude towards coming to Barcelona.The arrival of Grealish nailed Sterling to the bench after a season in which it could already be hinted that Pep Guardiola does not invest much trust in the former Liverpool forward. In the current season, Sterling spent only 461 minutes on the pitch and scored one goal.The Englishman would be a cheaper option than Olmo, since he would come on loan to the satisfaction of all parties, while Leipzig are asking for 87 million USD for the Spanish national team player, which is not the amount that Barcelona can set aside at this moment. Maybe not for the upcoming summer…Manchester City estimated squad value is 1,3 billion euros which makes them the world’s No.1On the other hand, although Sterling has an annual salary of around 21 million USD, that should not be an obstacle for the Catalans because they got rid of the high salaries of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann.In the absence of the injured Sergio Aguero, Barcelona’s attack is currently led by Memphis Depay, who scored three goals in nine matches. There is another newcomer, Luc de Jong with one goal in six appearances, as well as Martin Braithwaite with three goals in four matches. Ansu Fati is just catching up after recovering from an injury, and 18-year-old Austrian Yusuf Demir, also got a few minutes during the campaign.Atletico tarnish guys wearing Barca shirts to reach the top of La LigaThe fact that the Catalans need a goal scorer in the team is also shown by taking a glance at the La Liga table – ninth place with 12 points from seven matches, with only 11 goals scored. The situation is even worse in the Champions League – Barcelona were defeated twice: 3-0 against Bayern followed by Benfica thrashing Blaugrana with the same score.
