Despite Barcelona's underwhelming performance in the first half of the season, the team seems to have found a path to revival since the return of Xavi. Currently, the team's priority is to deal with the newly introduced players.
Spanish outlet ElNacional is reporting that Barcelona and Manchester City are in talks over a deal.
The Barcelona side has lost patience with Francky de Jong, who has been underperforming this season. He is no longer a non-saleable item for the team, and despite having joined as the hottest new midfield star in all of Europe, De Jong's progress and performances have not matched his 86 million euro price tag, and his stats on the field have not been good either. This season, he has been booed by the home fans several times during games, which has made the player firm on leaving Barcelona.
For their part, Barcelona are looking to bring in Harland this summer and are open to deals for higher paid and higher value players. They are very interested in Manchester City's Laporte in the team, hoping to strengthen the back line. And the City side is also willing to exchange De Jong with Laporte plus a certain amount of cash.
This season, de Jong in Barcelona's value has fallen to the top five, de turn for his assessment of the value of only 70 million euros, Manchester City at this time low price is undoubtedly a wise move.
Guardiola's evaluation of De Jong is quite high, and he has considered De Jong many times when strengthening the back lineup before. If you can complete the reinforcement in the winter window, the possibility of Manchester City realizing the Triple Crown this season will be greatly increased. As the current absolute domination of the Premier League, Manchester City is obviously not satisfied with only ruling the Premier League, their goal is the Champions League. This season, the major giants in the Champions League are deficient, the trident of Paris has not met expectations, Liverpool, Chelsea in the Premier League has fallen out of the team, which is a very favorable time for Manchester City to win the title this season.
