ANALYSIS: Raheem Sterling's figures that 'justify' Barça's interest

In the middle of the sportive and institutional chaos that lives the FC Barcelona, the need to achieve reinforcements in the next market of wintry signings parace paramount. The problem is how achieve reinforcements when the economic situation is to the limit and the Barça exceeds (in some 370 millions) the limit salarial that imposes LaLiga, by what has to 'cost' of the rule '1 to 4'.

This wants to say that for any signing, the Barça has to free of his mass salarial four times what go to invest. In a simple example, if a player costs 10 millions, it is necessary to free 40 with discounts salariales or sales with plusvalías. It is a panorama that leaves very few options to the culés with very little margin of action and that forces them to consider the cessions like the only option to achieve reinforcements in January.

In the middle of all the rumours, Raheem Sterling positions , of far, like the big aim of the Barça of face to the window of wintry transfers. It is a player that has woken up the interest of the Barcelona and Xavi Hernández already would have given the seen well to his incorporation. The problem, in any case, is that the Barcelona only would be had to achieve it through a cession without compulsory option of purchase, a factor that can not liking to the Manchester City.

The English club is not, really, looking for undo of the player and probably will complicate the operations, but the Barça wants to insist to the end because it is a footballer that accommodates to the current needs that there is in the team, or part of them. It is necessary to begin aiming that Sterling has converted , of the hand of Pep Guardiola, in one of the best forwards of the last years, although it is not the most aesthetic with his game.

His profile has gone evolving, depending on the needs that has had in his team. For example, in his starts in the Liverpool showed to be a very swift player, with an impressive capacity to evade to his rivals and a physical power that marvelled to more than one. They are caracterísitcas that keeps, but has gone 'growing' to turn into a player that now thinks more than what runs. In the Etihad Stadium has been a more complete forward, happening to be only an extreme to be a complete attacker.

Sterling, in his best moments, has generated danger where has wanted. It does not matter him where it receives the balloon, because it always has the intention of 'push' the attack or initiate it he directly. And it is that, further of his figures, statistical and numbers in general, is a player that can lead the attack of his team and that it can contribute goal. The greater need of the Barça in the actuality.

An interest justified

The international with England has left to be an indisputable player for Pep Guardiola in the Manchester City, but follows having the profile of a 'crack' that it can be key by his polivalencia, but the intention is that it turn into the new left extreme 'fixed' of the Barça. His capacity to dribble no unobserved raisin and much less his smell goleador.

In Manchester has achieved his best version, without place to doubt, and sum 116 goals and 89 assistances in 307 parties with the T-shirt of the 'citizens'. In this season, has marked two so many and delivered two assistances. Until the past course, had been key and promediaba 19 goals and 14,5 assistances by season. His higher beak was in the 2019-20, with 31 targets to his name and ten passes of goal.

Sterling can get dressed of leader

In addition to being a player that, when has opportunities, ands very effective of face to goal, has left very clear that also can be a leader on the lawn. The Barça is in research of one after the exit of Leo Messi and has deposited his confidence in Ansu Fati, but the forward is very young and would be 'unfair' that had all the responsibility he.

The case is that Sterling is an able player to assume chevrons and challenges. The greater proof of this gave it in the Eurocopa of this summer. After a season 'grey' with the City, dressed of leader of England, subcampeón of the tournament. It annotated three goals and signed three assistances, but between his attainments stand out have been the best dribblador of the tournament (22 good dribblings), and also is in the podium of players that more played starred face to face in the final third of the attack.

The list led it Pedri, with 27 actions, by in front of Verratti (22) and finally Sterling, with 19. Likewise, it finish twelfth in the ránking of speed tip of the tournament. Against Croatia, in the first duel, reached the 33,08 km/h. Besides, it went the player with more sprints of the Euro (298). They follow him Mähle (277) and Gave Lorenzo (276).