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Guardiola Expects Barcelona Interest In Man City Players 

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By Izuchukwu Okosi

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is unmindful of the need for former club Barcelona to sign world class players following the arrival of onetime teammate and friend Xavi Hernandez as the new chief coach.

Both Spaniards played for the Blaugrana and Guardiola would later become manager with Xavi as team captain.

Xavi has now become the boss at the club after the Management unveiled him to the supporters.

With the former European champions needing quality additions after Lionel Messi left for PSG as well as Luis Suarez before him, Guardiola is not ruling out the possibility of Xavi coming for his some of his superstars.

Raheem Sterling has been linked with Barcelona in recent weeks.

“Honestly I have no idea,’ he said via Manchester Evening News. I don’t know anything. Not that I would tell you anyway,” Guardiola said.

”If Barcelona are interested in any of our players, I am convinced that they can get them. Barca continues to be an attractive club, more than attractive. The city, the club, the history and this for the trainers, for the players always seduces a lot.

”If Barcelona interests one of our players, they will set up the machinery into operation, it is a liner.

”Barca can use their media to influence signings. That’s the thing about Barcelona; they can do what they want, good or bad.’

Ahead of the January transfer window, the LaLiga giants will have to be wily in their transfer operations if they are to land the likes of Sterling, given the financial crisis unfolding at the Nou Camp.

Earlier this year, president Joan Laporta revealed that the club’s debts have plummeted to £1.15billion, with a number of senior players agreeing to a second wage cut in order to help the club stay afloat.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.


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