Man City shirt numbers available to Lionel Messi if he completes shock transfer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxLionel Messi dropped the mother of all bombshells on Tuesday night by informing Barcelona that he wants to leave the club, which has sparked speculation that he could complete a shock transfer to Manchester City.Messi's decision was made just 11 days after Barcelona's humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals and comes after frustrations with the club president Josep Maria Bartomeu have reached boiling point.The Argentine has asked the club's hierarchy to accept a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave for free at the end of the season.
Even though the date for that clause to be activated has already passed, Messi's camp believe the elongated nature of the season means.
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