Manchester City wants to make one Spanish star, who has already rejected Liverpool, their January priority.
Pep Guardiola - ranked at no.1 in FourFourTwo's list of the best managers in the world right now - has seen the Sky Blues lose four games in a row for the first time in his career (not counting a penalty shoot-out defeat in 2015 with Bayern Munich) after defeats to Tottenham Hotspur, Bournemouth, Sporting and Brighton.
