Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona stand-off is finally reaching a critical point for Man City
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight 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 privately plan for the scenarios of being able to sign him on a free or having to pay a transfer fee, there is no point in even thinking about breathing any figures out loud until they know for definite that Messi will be allowed to leave this.
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