An information of "The Times", seconded by the rest of big sportive means English, ensures that the Manchester City tried to do this past summer with the signing of Leo Messi to reinforce to the future staff of Pep Guardiola with the arrival of the best player of the world, a player to the one who the one of Santpedor admires and knows to perfection.
In spite of that Guardiola commissioned to deny categorically in the press conference of this Tuesday that he asked the incorporation of Leo Messi, Ferran Soriano himself admitted that, if Messi decides to leave the Barcelona, the Manchester City would be the first interested in hiring him.
"Sources of high rank in the Etihad Stadium admitted this summer that were very trusted that Messi would follow to Guardiola to the City in case to put end to his stage in the Barça", can read in the quoted British newspaper.
The illusion of the Manchester City for doing with Leo Messi, in any case, is an impossible dream taking into account that, after fifteen years in the Barça, the Argentinian star has clear that so only will abandon some day the Catalan entity to leave to Argentina, where could play the last years of his professional career when it already have given the best of himself same in the club blaugrana.
It is clear that all the big clubs of the world would want to Messi in the staff, but that is a luck that belongs only to the Barcelona. It is necessary to be proud, then , to be able to enjoy almost each weekend of the quality of the best footballer of the planet, independently of what say some prizes and media contaminated. Messi is above all, and luckily is of the Barça.