Guardiola wants Suarez to respond to Zlatan’s United move

Published: 3 July 2016, 01:48 PM
Guardiola wants Suarez to respond to Zlatan’s United move

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s arrival in Manchester could provoke a chain reaction.The Swedish striker signed for Manchester United and now Pep Guardiola and Manchester City want to counter the effect that signing is having in England by signing a top-level forward of their own.

Guardiola is interested in Luis Suarez and has been for months.

However, in recent hours, the rumour of City’s interest in the Barcelona striker has gained weight against the need to make a signing to comply with sporting and commercial needs, according to The Mirror.

However, it will be complicated for City to take the Uruguayan, who formerly played for Liverpool, back to the Premier League.

For a start, Barca only signed him for 81 million euros in 2014, so he would cost at least 100 million euros in today’s market.

In addition, there’s another, even more important factor.The player, whose agent is Pep Guardiola’s brother, is playing for the team he has always dreamed of playing for.

He and his family are happy to have been able to return to Catalonia, where his wife had previously lived for many years.

Meanwhile, The Mirror also report Guardiola’s interest in Toni Kroos, who he previously coached in his first season at Bayern Munich.

The German still has four years on his contract at Real Madrid, but Los Blancos could let him leave for 75 million euros.