straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday August 30.La Liga have dealt a blow to Manchester City’s hopes of signing Lionel Messi – by suggesting that any club wanting to secure his services may have to pay a £632million release clause fee to Barcelona.The Argentinian’s legal team insist that his contract allows him to leave for free if he asks to move within a certain time frame, while the club say that the date has already passed and so he will not be available for free until his deal is up next summer.Barcelona are keen to keep their talisman, who failed to report for testing on Sunday prior to Monday’s return to pre-season training.You can read more about the complicated transfer saga here.City.
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