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Breaking: Barcelona misfit Rakitic close to joining Manchester City

Breaking: Barcelona misfit Rakitic close to joining Manchester City

Manchester City are set to land a stunning coup in the January transfer window: Barcelona midfielder Ivan Raktic!

According to Jutarnji List, the Citizens are very close to nabbing the Barcelona star, who was dropped from this weekend’s squad to face Villareal, and was an unused substitute in his club’s last two Liga fixtures. The emergence of Denis Suarez and Andre’ Gomes has seriously compromised Rakitic’s position.

Juventus have long been known to court him, but it looks like the Croatian international is set to join the Manchester City midfield, where the likes of Yaya Toure, Fernando and Fernandinho are all on the chopping block.

Though he found the back of the net seven times last season in Liga action for the Catalans, the 28-year-old Rakitic isn’t enjoying such a good campaign this time round, and seems to have found his way into Coach Luis Enrique’s bad books.

His agent has, however, denied everything, telling Mundo Deportivo that there was “nothing” to the reports.