Soccer Star Lionel Messi Wants to Leave Barcelona This Summer

straight to your inboxLionel Messi has confirmed that he will stay at FC Barcelona for another year, ten days after handing in a transfer request to spark an almighty transfer scramble.After two days of talks between the club and Jorge Messi, his father and agent, and a cutting statement fired in La Liga chief Javier Tebas's direction arguing publicly that the player's €700m release is no longer valid, the decision has been made for 33-year-old Messi to remain at the Nou Camp when he realised he

straight to your inbox Sergio Ramos has urged Lionel Messi to stay at Barcelona for the sake of Spanish football. The six-time Ballon d'Or winner has asked to leave the La Liga giants this summer.Manchester City are the bookmakers' favourites to sign Messi, although it remains unclear what fee any potential suitors would have to pay for the Argentine superstar.

straight to your inboxFor a week, there hasn't been a lot Manchester City have been able to say or do about Lionel Messi.His transfer request last Tuesday kickstarted a global circus with all roads pointing towards the Etihad, but their position hasn't significantly changed from all the other times they have been linked with him: of course they will sign him if it is possible, but they are still not certain that it is.Even if the encouragement from the events of the last week has been enough to

straight to your inboxManchester City's pursuit of Lionel Messi is not expected to stop them from buying another centre-back but the Barcelona saga could have a knock-on effect for other plans.Txiki Begiristain was busy early in the transfer window, securing winger Ferran Torres and defender Nathan Ake to strengthen the squad for next season.The priority for this summer was a long-term partner for Aymeric Laporte at centre-back, with Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly identified as a target.

straight to your inboxBarcelona have identified Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus as their number one choice to replace Luis Suarez this summer - according to reports.Suarez is expected to leave the club in the current transfer window following the appointment of Ronald Koeman as Quique Setien's successor.Lionel Messi could also depart and is a target for City, though Barcelona are fighting to keep the superstar in Spain.

straight to your inboxThe president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, has urged Lionel Messi to reject a potential move to Manchester City in favour of joining Newell's Old Boys.Messi failed to report for coronavirus testing at Barcelona's training complex yesterday as he continues his battle to leave the club.The Argentine’s decision not to attend means he will be unable to participate in Ronald Koeman's first training session today.Messi has told the Barcelona hierarchy last week that he wants

straight to your inbox Former Man City defender turned Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng has offered his verdict on transfer links between Lionel Messi and the Blues.

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City morning headlines for Sunday, August 30. Barcelona will not accept any Manchester City players in exchange for Lionel Messi, according to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo .

straight to your inboxBarcelona are not willing to accept any Manchester City players in exchange for Lionel Messi this summer, according to reports.News broke earlier this week that Messi wants to leave the Spanish giants on the back of their humiliating Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich.

straight to your inboxManchester United have opened talks with Lionel Messi's representatives over a switch to Old Trafford - according to reports in Spain.The Argentine superstar dropped a bombshell on Tuesday by submitting a transfer request to Barcelona and wants to exercise a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave the club for free.Barcelona believe that clause expired in June but Messi believes it was automatically moved after the 2019/20 campaign was extended into August as a

straight to your inboxLionel Messi has been told he lacks respect for Barcelona following his decision to leave the club in an interview by presidential candidate Toni Freixa.It came to light on Tuesday that the six-time Ballon d'Or winner had informed Barcelona of his wish to move on.The decision comes in the wake of Barca's humiliating 8-2 defeat in the Champions League quarter-finals by Bayern Munich and amid growing frustrations with how the club is being run at boardroom level.Messi has