Barcelona star Ilaix Moriba would be a Manchester City player if it wasn't for the last-minute intervention of his father. Moriba was incredibly close to moving to Manchester two years ago before a switch to the Premier League was denied.
The 18-year-old now is regarded as one of La Liga's brightest young stars after a breakthrough season under Ronald Koeman in Catalonia.
He has represented Spain at youth level and made 14 league appearances for Barca last season.But it has been revealed that he came whiskers away from taking an entirely different career path.
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