Manchester City fans have been reacting to a post on Twitter which relays a report that claims the club offered Raheem Sterling for Barcelona forward Ansu Fati this summer.
Despite their financial issues, Barcelona were active in the summer transfer market, with it thought, and likely hoped by the Catalan media, that deals could be found which would be beneficial to both clubs.
The Premier League champions and Barcelona were the subject of repeated transfer stories during the summer window involving Aymeric Laporte, Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling, but none of them came to fruition.
According to Sport journalist Alfredo Martinez, as translated and relayed by Sport Witness, Barcelona asked Man City for Bernardo Silva and Raheem Sterling in the summer, and offered Ousmane Dembele and Martin Braithwaite in return.
The report claims Manchester City were clear that this didn’t interest them, and instead offered Sterling for Ansu Fati, but Barca did not agree because of Fati’s ‘enormous potential’.
Given their financial problems, the report suggests that Barcelona would have only been prepared to sell Fati if they received a straight-cash offer which proved too good to turn down.
The 18-year-old, who has been sidelined with a long-term knee injury, is in contention to return to the Barcelona squad against Levante on Sunday.
In reaction to the report shared on Twitter by City Xtra, many Man City fans have expressed their thoughts and opinions.
Genuinely laughed out loud at this. Who do they think they are?
— LittleCiteh (@Little__Citeh) September 23, 2021
Sterling and Bernardo for Fati and Moriba would’ve been a decent deal for both party’s
— Kieron (@kieroncc97) September 23, 2021
tears who do they think they are 😭😭
— ¹⁰ (@SxrgioSZN) September 23, 2021
The disrespect….
— Gaz💫 (@100_MCFC) September 23, 2021
Sterling for Fati was a pretty good reply from city tbf 😂🤣
Like not gonna happen obviously but go big or go bust, we don’t do swaps anyway
— Akio Fernandes (@BlueWolf_09) September 23, 2021
Barca must be joking
— M-almuhairi (@M_Muhairi93) September 23, 2021
barca is a joke at this point
— chillSZN (@SznChill) September 23, 2021
What an absurd offer from Barcelona. I’m glad City clapped asking for Fati. Should’ve asked for Pedri too for fun.
— Andrew Korman (@AndrewKorman8) September 23, 2021
Sterling for Ansu isn’t bad😭
— JohnnySZN (@4midables_mcfc) September 23, 2021
Sterling better than all players mentioned there
— Marion Esther (@MarionEsther9) September 23, 2021
Sterling for Fati might have been a good deal!!!
— Tris Everdeen (@CronusJackson) September 24, 2021
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