Alba attracting interest from England

The 23-year-old has been in impressive form for Los Che this season and it had been speculated that Barcelona had already agreed a deal to take him back to the Nou Camp at the end of the season.

However, the player and both clubs denied the reports, but it hasn’t seen interest in Alba wane, with Manchester City and Serie A pace setters AC Milan also interested in the youngster.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.