Real Madrid to sign 3 players this week, Barcelona eye €160M deal with Manchester City and more La Liga news - 2nd January 2019

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Manchester City eye Coutinho

Manchester City have set sights on signing Philippe Coutinho as a long-term replacement for David Silva according to reports in Don Balon. The Spanish publication claims that the Brazilian is Guardiola's top target for the summer.

Barcelona are aware of the interest as per the report and will not rebuff any inquiry straight away. Don Balon claim that the Catalan side will demand €160 million for him.

The 26-year-old has been benched often this season after Ousmane Dembele improved his performances. The former Liverpool midfielder is now being tipped by Don Balon to leave Camp Nou of City come calling in the summer.

Barca duo to leave in January

Barcelona are set to bid goodbye to two players in January – Munir El Haddadi and Denis Suarez. Don Balon report that Celta Vigo are the front-runners for both the players right now.

No real interest was reported in Munir El Haddadi but that was not the case for Denis Suarez. The midfielder was linked with Chelsea and Arsenal recently but it looks like he's going to stay in Spain for the time being.

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Edited by Rajdeep Puri