Man City winger Jeremy Doku has been offered to Barcelona ahead of the January transfer window deadline, according to reports.
The Citizens have already made five new signings in the winter market with Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis, Juma Bah and Christian McFarlane joining so far this month.
Reports in Spain claim that Doku has been ‘offered’ to Barcelona by his representatives with Man City ‘interested in the player leaving before the end of the winter transfer window’.
His search for minutes is ‘slipping away’ after the addition of Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt and Doku has now been ‘proposed to FC Barcelona as an option to reinforce their attack in the final days of the winter transfer market’.
Doku’s agents have ‘contacted the Barca board to negotiate a possible loan until the end of the season’ after the ‘unhappy’ Belgian was ‘relegated to a secondary role’ under Guardiola.
The report adds: ‘Barcelona would have to lighten their wage bill to make room for the Belgian, an unlikely scenario due to the difficulties in securing exits in this market.’
And GiveMeSport claim that Man City still want to make ‘three signings this week’ with one already over the line in the form of Bah, who has now signed for Ligue 1 side Lens until the end of the season.
It is also understood that the Citizens hope to tie up deals for Juventus duo Andrea Cambiaso and Douglas Luiz before the window shuts.
While City, who have been linked with Sverre Nypan, are not having a great season, Doku should stay at the Etihad Stadium and not leave for Barcelona in the January transfer window, even on a loan deal.
True, the Belgian is not guaranteed a place in Pep Guardiola’s starting line-up, but he is only 22 and joined the defending Premier League champions in the summer of 2023.
Guardiola is one of the greatest managers of all time and is a world-class coach.
Doku can only improve and develop his game if he works with the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss on a regular basis.
The winger has made 44 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career. The winger has scored six goals and given 12 assists in those games.
City are fourth in the Premier League table at the moment with 41 points from 23 matches and are in danger of missing out on a Champions League because of competition from the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle United and Bournemouth.
