BARCELONA – Barcelona’s management is finally willing to let go Lionel Messi to Manchester City in the summer transfer market of 2021. According to The Sun’s report, Barcelona have no intention of extending Messi’s contract which ends on June 30, 2021.
It matters The flea – Lionel Messi’s nickname – can leave any club for free in the summer transfer market of 2021. However, Barcelona’s management hopes that Manchester City will become Lionel Messi’s next port. There are at least two reasons behind it.
First, Man City is thick with the aroma of Barcelona, so Lionel Messi doesn’t need to adapt much if he lands at the Man City Stadium. For your information, two Man City officials, Ferran Soriano (CEO) and Txiki Begiristain (football director), had a long history at Barcelona.
Ferran Soriano was the vice president of Barcelona for the 2003-2008 period. While Txiki Begiristan was even longer. He was a Barcelona player from 1988 to 1995.
Then from 2003-2010, Begiristain became director of Barcelona football under the leadership of Joan Laporta. Furthermore, in the body of Man City there is the figure of Josep Guardiola.
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The coach with the Spanish passport has proven to have brought out the best potential of Lionel Messi while working together at Barcelona from 2008-2012. It is proven that during the four seasons handled by Guardiola, Lionel Messi has always won the Ballon d’Or trophy every year.
In fact, Lionel Messi’s sharpest season was scored when he was handled by Guardiola. In the 2011-2012 season, Lionel Messi scored 73 goals in 60 matches with Barcelona. This amount is the most Lionel Messi scored in one season.
Then, the second reason Barcelona was willing to move Lionel Messi to Man City was because of the seriousness of Manchester Blue. In the summer of 2020, Man City are interested in signing Messi. In fact, they have submitted an offer letter signed by Txiki Begiristain.
In the letter, it was written that Man City was ready to bring Lionel Messi for 200 million euros. However, Barcelona rejected the proposal. Because, at that time Barcelona’s management only wanted to release Lionel Messi at 700 million euros, or the equivalent of Rp. 12.2 trillion.
Therefore, it is interesting to wait for the continuation of the above transfers. Of course, it will be a happy thing for Man City fans if their favorite team brings players like Man City.
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