Should Messi leave Barcelona in the summer, Manchester City would be the perfect club for him, according to ex-national team-mate Zabaleta.
Pablo Zabaleta, former team-mate of Lionel Messi in the Argentina national team, has campaigned for the superstar to move to his ex-club Manchester City.
“If Messi decides to leave Barcelona and wants to play in the top league, he has to get to know the Premier League,” Zabaleta told dem Mirror.
Zabaleta officially ended his career in October 2020, having previously played for a total of twelve years in England for Manchester City and West Ham United.
Leo Messi? “Manchester City offers the perfect conditions”
“Leo has been in LaLiga for so many years and I think it would be a great attraction for him to experience English football,” continued Zabaleta. “And Manchester City offers the perfect conditions.”
For one thing, he would “know Pep very well, he knows [Sportdirektor] Little Begiristain, [den Vorstandsvorsitzenden] Ferran Soriano und Sergio Agüero “, so Zabaleta.
Leaving Barca would be a “big decision for Messi, according to Zabaleta. But if he wanted to, it would be a great thing for him to join a club that has people who can make it easier for him to settle in.”
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