Manchester City evening headlines as Lionel Messi transfer chances rated
straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester City headlines for the evening of Saturday August 29.Next 48 hours crucial for Messi’s futureThe next 48 hours could help to decide Lionel Messi’s future, reports the MEN’s Stuart Brennan.Having dropped a bombshell on Barcelona by handing in a transfer request earlier this week, Messi has now asked for an urgent meeting with the club hierarchy. Though they are only monitoring the situation as things stand, Manchester City are waiting in the wings.Barca are standing firm on their position that there is a £630million release clause which would need to be met to extricate Messi from his contract.