Today’s rumors start in Germany with Mundo Deportivo reporting that Robert Fernandez and Urbano Ortega watched Leon Goretzka and Naby Keita in action on Saturday.
The two players faced off as Schalke beat RB Leipzig 2-0 on Saturday with Barca now anxiously considering alternatives to Philippe Coutinho.
Keita has been chased, unsuccessfully, by Liverpool for most of the summer with the German side insisting he will not be sold - good luck with that one then Barca.
Goretzka, meanwhile, was linked with a move to Bayern Munich earlier this summer but is now into the final year of his current contract.