The Catalan press agreed at the start of the week that the exchange involving
Saul Niguez
of Atlético de Madrid and
Antoine Griezmann
of FC Barcelona was very unlikely to succeed. But Barça still wants to separate from their French striker (30), for sporting and economic reasons. On Tuesday, L'Équipe mentioned a track leading to Juventus while the daily Sport cited Chelsea and Manchester United as potential customers. This Wednesday, Catalunya Radio gives a new name: Manchester City. Barça would expect to knock on his door and suggest an exchange.
Attacking
midfielders
Bernardo Silva
and
Riyad Mahrez
, striker
Raheem Sterling
or the French defender
Aymeric Laporte
are not untouchable. Griezmann's profile would not match that of a pure center-forward that City are looking for, like
Harry Kane
(Tottenham) for whom the Skyblues recently made an offer of over € 100m. For Barça to be convincing in the negotiations.