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La Liga giants close to launching a swoop for Manchester City superstar

By Nikhil Venkat Sai

Manchester City's English midfielder Raheem Sterling (R) celebrates scoring his team's second goal with Manchester City's Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus (C) during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester City at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on February 3, 2021. (Photo by Gareth Copley / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by GARETH COPLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Manchester City's English midfielder Raheem Sterling (R) celebrates scoring his team's second goal with Manchester City's Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus (C) during the English Premier League football match between Burnley and Manchester City at Turf Moor in Burnley, north west England on February 3, 2021. (Photo by Gareth Copley / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by GARETH COPLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Raheem Sterling has evolved into one of Manchester City’s and Pep Guardiola’s most trusted men on the pitch. The Englishman however, has hit some sort of a rough patch lately. Pep has not counted on the 26-year-old has not been counted upon by the former Barcelona manager in crunch games in recent weeks and it shows.

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In the recently concluded UEFA Champions League semi-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain, Sterling was on the pitch for only a total of eight minutes out of the 180. Yes, only eight.

If someone opined exactly a month and a half back that Sterling would not be on the pitch in case City made it to the semi-finals of the UCL, very few would’ve believed him.

Real Madrid are monitoring the situation though. The current La Liga title holders understand that their attack needs a bit of a revamp for the next season and for the future and are looking to turn toward Raheem Sterling as a potential solution to one of their many questions, as per Four Four Two.

This would come off as a surprise to many as it was understood that the former Premier League champions were very close to agreeing to a £320,000/week contract with the Englishman, whose current contract is set to expire in 2023.

It is believed that a sum in the range of £75 million for Sterling would be enough to convince City to let go of their superstar.

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Manchester City themselves have been linked with a number of high-profile targets this summer with the likes of Erling Haaland and Harry Kane topping the list. The squad currently lacks a proper striker as Sergio Aguero is set to leave the club this summer as a free agent and Gabriel Jesus isn’t being trusted upon for the big games.

A sum in excess of £150 million would be required to lure either Haaland or Kane and it is natural to think that City would want to let go of Raheem Sterling to fund a big-money transfer.

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