The Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been wanted by most soccer teams, even willing to break their bank accounts so they could just ign him. Manchester City had already prepared a £200million, $246 million, contract so they could make the Barcelona star switch his uniform by summer of 2017.
Mirror reported that Manchester City was drawing up a plan that will pay a transfer fee in excess over £100million or $123 million and handing Barcelona Lionel Messi's basic wage of £500,000 or $617,150 per week.
Big money Messi move on the cards?
Manchester City are apparently set to offer Barcelona £100m for him.
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Manchester City also believed that their appointment with Barcelona Lionel Messi's former manager Pep Guardiola last summer would put the team in the position to sign Barcelona star if he ever decides to early leave the Nou Camp. According to NBS, the opportunity could open a way for Barcelona Lionel Messi to move away from the Camp Nou as he didn't sign his new contract with Barcelona yet.
Barcelona Lionel Messi is currently tied to his current team until the summer of 2018. Barcelona could consider cashing out their star with Manchester City in order to prevent losing Lionel Messi completely for nothing when his contract runs out in 2018.
Barcelona Lionel Messi, on the other hand, missed out his last game against Malaga due to his illness. According to ESPN, the defending champions Barcelona were already without Luis Suarez who was suspended and now with Lionel Messi suffering from a vomiting bug a second of their MSN match.
Barcelona Lionel Messi was Argentina's all-time leading goal scorer. During his youth, Lionel Messi won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and finished the tournament with the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe award. Messi also had won the Olympic gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Barcelona Lionel Messi was named as the youngest player in FIFA World Cup during the 2006 edition, and he also led Argentina to three consecutive finals of the 2014 World Cup. Lionel Messi used diminutive style and left-footed dribbler as his best offensive weapon.
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