Manchester, England.
Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola on the bench, returns to the attack for its great desire: Lionel Messi. That reports the British newspaper The sun, stating that the English club has prepared a new offer to take over the services of FC Barcelona’s Argentinian star.
Messi has re-emerged after that the painful defeat that Barça suffered (1-4) against Paris Saint Germain in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League at Camp Nou and the second leg looks more complicated for Ronald Koeman’s team.
Despite PSG being the firm favorite to sign the Rosario star, the civilian team will not give up and would return in the battle for the ’10’ culé, which ends its contract with Barcelona at the end of this season.
THE NEW LISTING
The Sun publishes on the cover this Friday that Manchester City will try again to get Messi out of the Camp Nou and for a shocking sum, although less than it was presented in 2020: 496 million euros.
That is to say, City has lowered the € 693 million offer it offered at the crack in Barcelona six months ago by € 196 million. The aforementioned newspaper ensures that contacts between both parties have never been broken and that the contract City offers will be for five seasons, regardless of whether the Argentinian is 33 years old.
According to the British media, two of those five seasons would be in Manchester City with a third optional and the last two in New York City FC of the MLS in the United States.
In addition to the option to play a season in India or the United Arab Emirates and the option that the agreement lasted eight years for the ’10’ to hold the position of ambassador in the City Football Group with ten teams spread over four continents, after his phase as a footballer.
“PSG is positioned as the best candidate, but Messi is evaluating all options and the Premier League is more tempting than the French League,” The Sun said in its publication.
It is worth remembering that in September 2020 Manchester City offered 600 million euros for the Argentinian and for the five seasons, but now that figure has dropped, taking into account the financial conditions of the club and the world as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Argentinian star will end his contract with Barcelona on June 30 and it is not yet known whether he will decide to sign for PSG, Manchester City or renew with the Barça club if he has a new president.