British tabloid ‘The People’ claim that “Manchester City are negotiating hard for first refusal on Lionel Messi after failing to sign the Barcelona superstar this summer. Mark Hughes was ready to pay £100million for the Argentinian, but was told he did not want to make the switch.”
It is understood that Leos father, who is also his agent, has been contacted about such a deal. “City were unwilling to be publicly turned down again by one of the world’s top players so they have asked his father and agent Jorge, as well as Barcelona, for an agreement which would see them have the first option to sign Messi if he ever wanted to leave.”
Manchester City have already made high-profile approaches for Kaka, Samuel Eto’o and most recently John Terry. Mark Hughes and – in particularly – the Manchester City owners are very keen to bring a genuine world class superstar to Eastlands.
In current news, Messi has reportedly agreed a new contract with Barcelona which will see him become the highest paid player at the Catalan giants once again, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic overtook him when he signed for the Champions.
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