Barcelona considering swoop for Manchester City star as Lionel Messi leave bits of gossip proceed

Barcelona considering swoop for Manchester City star as Lionel Messi leave bits of gossip proceed 

Barcelona considering swoop for Manchester City star as Lionel Messi leave bits of gossip proceed 

Barcelona are weighing up a stun January swoop as they search for choices should their quest for Philippe Coutinho again demonstrate unsuccessful. 

Manager Ernesto Valverde is urgent to get the Liverpool star having pursued him all mid year, yet has acknowledged that he may need to look somewhere else should the Reds decline to move on their position that the Brazilian isn't available to be purchased at any cost.

As indicated by Spanish distribution Diario Gol , the Catalan's arrangement B is to move for Manchester City playmaker Bernardo Silva , who has attempted to adjust to the Premier League since his change from Monaco and has been not able uproot any of the club's set up assaulting stars

City boss Pep Guardiola is believed to be an immense enthusiast of the 23-year-old and considers him to be a major piece of their future, yet the absence of diversion time so far could mean Silva is interested in the possibility of moving to La Liga

Silva could even be acquired with a view to being the long haul swap for Lionel Messi , who keeps on drawing theory and is yet to confer his future to the Nou Camp with his agreement up toward the finish of the season.

Coutinho remains Barca's main target and has made no mystery of his want to move to Spain, however Jurgen Klopp is determined he won't offer any of his squad mid-season and with Messi purportedly needing to see fortifications got amid the winter, the Catalans may look for elective alternatives.