Guardiola vetoed former Manchester City superstar’s transfer to Barcelona in 2022 – report

Barcelona have had a number of signings from Manchester City in recent times. The Blaugrana have brought in Sergio Aguero, Eric Garcia, and Ferran Torres, and are eyeing a move for their captain Ilkay Gundogan in the summer.

Other Manchester City stars such as Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva, and Aymeric Laporte also remain on the radars of the La Liga leaders.

Earlier today, it emerged that Barça had an agreement with the Premier League champions to sign Cancelo on loan in the January transfer window earlier this year. However, City manager Pep Guardiola is understood to have blocked the move.

And, David Bernabeu Reverter of SPORT is reporting that Cancelo is not the only player that Guardiola prevented from joining Barcelona.

Indeed, as per the report, the tactician also vetoed the transfer of Raheem Sterling from Manchester City to Barça in the winter transfer window of 2022.

It must be noted that the Blaugrana were strongly interested in Sterling towards the end of 2021, at a time when he was linked with an exit. It was even reported that Barcelona officials had travelled to Manchester to discuss a move for the England international.

But, it seems like Guardiola vetoed the move and Sterling ended up staying at the Etihad in the winter window of 2022. Instead, Barcelona signed Ferran Torres from the Premier League giants in a deal worth €55 million.

Sterling, though, left Manchester City for Chelsea in the summer of last year, but has had a hard time at Stamford Bridge.

As for Torres, after showing signs of spark, the Spaniard has endured a middling campaign at Barcelona this season and it is being claimed that he could be sold for as less as €25 million in the upcoming window.