This year's summer transfer window has been closed for less than a month, but La Liga giants FC Barcelona appear to be poised to make a big move when the winter transfer window opens next January, targeting premier League champions Manchester City FC scorers. According to the European sports media "Sport", the Catalan giants expressed interest in signing Manchester City goalscorer Raheem Sterling at the winter transfer window, and said that Raheem Sterling has agreed to withdraw from the Premier League title and is willing to land at camp Nou.
Rahim Sterling (born 8 December 1994 in Kingston, Jamaica) is an English male footballer who plays as a winger and joined Manchester City from Liverpool in the summer of 2015, his seventh season at Manchester City. After a slow start to Manchester City, Sterling was once City's top scorer, and the 26-year-old has grown into a key member of the successful team Guardiola has built at Manchester City Stadium, however, Sterling's position in the squad has been declining since late last season, and the same has happened this season.
This season, the England international has made just two starts for Manchester City in five Premier League matches, starting 160 minutes, and raheem Sterling has only played 18 minutes off the bench in the first round of the Champions League group stage. Manchester City coach Josep Guardiola prefers the left wing is the new signing Jack Gralis, and Manchester City strikers Riad Mahrez and Gabriel Jesus are ahead of Sterling in the order of appearances. That leaves the England international looking for an exit, with Barcelona a potential destination.
The Catalan giants have also been linked to the former Liverpool winger during the summer transfer window, with reports that Barcelona's technical director travelled to England for talks and a swap deal that could involve Anthony Griezmann, Osman Dembele or Sergi Roberto was also under discussion, while a loan was also under discussion but did not materialize. Despite this season's financial difficulties, Barcelona are still interested in Sterling, and now Sterling himself is willing to leave and is ready to move to Camp Nou, where a successful move in January is likely due to his difficulties in Manchester.