There’s a growing confidence in the Catalan media that Barcelona will have funds available in January to make signings possible.
It’s clear that the targeting of players now has little to do with who will be manager of the Catalan club at the time, and that decisions are being made elsewhere at Barcelona.
With Ronaldo Koeman’s situation looking more difficult by the day, an exit is merely a matter of time, and that’s likely to be a short amount of time.
Barcelona don’t seem to have any desire to wait for a new manager to share his targets.
The RB Leipzig player has been repeatedly linked with Barcelona in recent months, and there were even claims of a last minute attempt being made in the summer market.
Raheem Sterling is the second option, and Mundo appear to believe either deal, or perhaps even both, would be possible for Barcelona when the next window opens.