Manchester City are unwilling to include regular first team players as makeweights in a bid to sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona.
Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez have all been mooted as potentially forming part of the negotiations with Barcelona.
Sportsmail has been told that City want the trio to remain within Pep Guardiola’s squad for the coming season and would not countenance them leaving for the Nou Camp or anywhere else.
Silva is one player of particular interest to Barcelona, who had made noises about the possibility of signing the Portugal international earlier in the summer.
The Catalan giants are interested in City left back Angelino, who is valued at around £25million after spending a profitable loan spell at RB Leipzig, reaching the Champions League semi-finals. Angelino has started just four Premier League games for City across two spells.
The teenage defender, Eric Garcia, also remains on Barcelona’s radar after his refusal to sign a new contract at the Etihad Stadium.
City are no strangers to transfers involving players going in different directions after full back Joao Cancelo joined from Juventus last year, while Danilo simultaneously went to Turin.
The process of landing Messi was set in motion by a personal phonecall from the Argentine to Guardiola but there remains significant complications to him departing Catalonia.
The transfer window is only open for five more weeks, closing on October 5, and Messi’s situation is likely to take some time to resolve.
The 33-year-old believes he is technically justified in asking to leave for free, owing to a clause in his contract that ran out on June 10, while football was on pause.
Barcelona reject that notion, however, and will want to recoup a sizeable transfer fee for their greatest ever player from any suitor.
It makes negotiations with City delicate, with the Premier League patiently waiting to find out the outcome of wrangling between Barcelona and Messi’s lawyers.
feebikmrt
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no need of singing another striker, it's better to buy defenders.
Tatdimnyz
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keep Jesus.. swap the other two..
Have you been watching Manchester City’s matches??? If you were you wouldn’t be saying nothing like this
buoaciklno
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why people they say Messi dominated in football Messi not winning anything UCL , Cups , league
Puzbekpsuy
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it is impossible mess to go to mancity
boibrandon
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ok y not compare wat d entire madrid has achieved with wat messi achieved in d 16 years he's played, so u can see for urself he's bigger dan u.. n if u doubt u can show me a better 16 years of ur history, so u see dat uv never had a messi
that's by the way,,,, what I initially was tryna let you guys know is that every single club in world football has had its greatest players,,,,, these clubs have not been answerable to those players,, instead, it's been the other way round....... and for barca to be controlled by this way ..... it's bad.... not an example of how a club of their standards should be
boibrandon
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ok y not compare wat d entire madrid has achieved with wat messi achieved in d 16 years he's played, so u can see for urself he's bigger dan u.. n if u doubt u can show me a better 16 years of ur history, so u see dat uv never had a messi
still yet u don't understand my point....if am to go into what you're saying,,, then you'll have to tell me that messi won it all by himself those 16 years,,,, because the crazy thing is that , 16 years ago (in 2004) messi wasn't even a regular at barca ,,, he came after ronaldinho, deco and Eto'o,,,,, you'll also have to convince me that the likes of xavi, iniesta, puyol, Eto'o, Henry and ronaldinho where standing trees.... you'll also have to convince me that Guardiola ( with whom messi has won most of trophies with) was not doing a great job by tactics,,,,,, bro I tell you what,,, football is a collective game..... talk of the impact messi has had in Barcelona after pep and the aforementioned players left , then am pretty sure we gonna have some glasses of fine wine together as fans who know what we saying,,,,,,, but when you say things like "what messi has done in the past 16 years and you compare it to Madrid ",, then I know where the discussion is headed to,,, we are rivals but with much more respect,,,,,, it's not every article where a Madrid fan will comment on something and you take it directly as a comparison with barca because for some reasons, and according to some researchers you've done,, barca were better than us in that regards............ when messi made is senior debut in October 2004,, barca boosted of the best pla8in nearly every position as puyol was one of the best during his time,, xavi and iniesta were also,, they had ronaldinho who without any doubt could do anything humanly impossible, just to name a few
boibrandon
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there's a way real Madrid treat players that makes the world and barca fans in particular say we are wicked and don't respect our heroes..... a player should never be put in a situation whereby he can useless the club and take them down to ground level,,,,, a player doesn't do this in a regime where papa Perez is president.... a player should not have the powers to dump a club in such manner..... make these players know that they got owners... because when you look at messi level in Barcelona, he's not answerable to anyone directly... that shouldn't be the case ........ and for all those who think we don't respect our legends,,, just to let you know that Madrid always calls them back and hand them important roles in the club..... you look at zidane, Raul and other youth team coaches, then you know what I mean,,,, Ronaldo also had an important role before becoming a share holder at valladolid, Roberto Carlos and other former stars acting as club ambassadorsright now,, and cassillas has just also been called back and in good terms,,, and it is without any doubt that one day Cristiano Ronaldo will be back at the club as a member of hierarchy..... so for ya'll who find pleasure in saying that Madrid don't respect their legends,,,, please find another way or buy a sleeping pill that'll make you sleep well at night .... madrid just keep using strategies in order not to give these players so much power so that they don't feel untouchable...... in this Madrid regime, EVERY SINGLE PLAYER IS ANSWERABLE TO THE CLUB,,,,,,, that is how it is supposed to be.
I don't think you know what we talking bout.. because what you are tryna say is that the best player in barca history is messi....who has won virtually everything at club level and that's why you guys treat him as a god....... and what am tryna tell you is Madrid has had players of that same status as messi.... players who have triumphed at both international and club level and won everything there is to win...... I'll give you three examples of such players that Madrid have had..... alfredo di Stefano, Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos ....... note better that am not trying to compare any of the aforementioned players with messi..... there are some of the best we've had and we've not given them so much right as barca has given messi...... not even Maradona or pele was given that much right, nor ronaldinho......... I don't know if you try to understand what am saying..... in a nutshell, clubs have had gr8 players,,,,, every club has had a player of messi's statue but none of these clubs have given the right given to Leo, the right to ridicule a club.......... clubs are supposed to control their players, and not the other way round...... just to round it up,,,, I bet you that messi can decide the future of coaches at barca ......
okikiolaajao
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we've had players who are world class.... players who have done what messi has not done... by the way,, I wont wanna be dragged into that debate because I sense the direction already
prove it please,,, show me a single player dat stayed in Madrid all his life n won as many titles n is a symbol of madrid n has even a single balloon d'or... all uv had is machineries dat became legends or homegrown dat became world class,, not a Messi dats both.
okikiolaajao
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there's a way real Madrid treat players that makes the world and barca fans in particular say we are wicked and don't respect our heroes..... a player should never be put in a situation whereby he can useless the club and take them down to ground level,,,,, a player doesn't do this in a regime where papa Perez is president.... a player should not have the powers to dump a club in such manner..... make these players know that they got owners... because when you look at messi level in Barcelona, he's not answerable to anyone directly... that shouldn't be the case ........ and for all those who think we don't respect our legends,,, just to let you know that Madrid always calls them back and hand them important roles in the club..... you look at zidane, Raul and other youth team coaches, then you know what I mean,,,, Ronaldo also had an important role before becoming a share holder at valladolid, Roberto Carlos and other former stars acting as club ambassadorsright now,, and cassillas has just also been called back and in good terms,,, and it is without any doubt that one day Cristiano Ronaldo will be back at the club as a member of hierarchy..... so for ya'll who find pleasure in saying that Madrid don't respect their legends,,,, please find another way or buy a sleeping pill that'll make you sleep well at night .... madrid just keep using strategies in order not to give these players so much power so that they don't feel untouchable...... in this Madrid regime, EVERY SINGLE PLAYER IS ANSWERABLE TO THE CLUB,,,,,,, that is how it is supposed to be.
ok y not compare wat d entire madrid has achieved with wat messi achieved in d 16 years he's played, so u can see for urself he's bigger dan u.. n if u doubt u can show me a better 16 years of ur history, so u see dat uv never had a messi
SkullSwagger
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Like I said we don’t need Messi , he could not win World Cup , he couldn’t win at Barcelona y is he going to win at city use the money to get some good defenders and we r good
What logic is this 😂 😂
saga27
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Like I said we don’t need Messi , he could not win World Cup , he couldn’t win at Barcelona y is he going to win at city use the money to get some good defenders and we r good
he literally wins every award and pep with messi is deadly AF.
DrobaDroga
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barca be like: give us aguero, kdb, jesus, sterling, mendy and silva for messi 🤡🤡🤡
i mean if you dont want to pay you aint getting the player. Its either swap plus money or 222 + in money aka you will get banned
TheMindGame
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keep Jesus.. swap the other two..
doabeotz
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Like I said we don’t need Messi , he could not win World Cup , he couldn’t win at Barcelona y is he going to win at city use the money to get some good defenders and we r good
bicbdnty
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City should keep their players if they want messi to win just keep yr players buy good defenders and messi u ll win everything
EPL is not Laliga bro
ProBlemOffice
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Smart choice City
supermcfan
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Only Bernardo n Garcia is ok
Bernaldo is going to stay
Jakeopuz
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Man City would be stupid if they swap 3 world class young stars with 33yrs old Messi plus €100m🙄🙄🙄🙄
Only Bernardo n Garcia is ok
boibrandon
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shut up
yeah... because you wont wanna hear anything bad of a player you wanna sign next...... but your club will do themselves good if there do not behave same way as Barca
boibrandon
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madrid has never had a player like messi in their entire history dude...
and even at having messi,, which you guys so much adore,,,, you guys are no where close to what we've achieved because if that's were you wanna take the discussion then I wanna let you know that messi is just a guy who does magnificent things and hardly wins anything big... if u care much, as Argentina and also ask barca when last they win the champions league........ after treating him like a God........ am not criticising messi.... no.. he's great ..... but it's only barca fans who don't want to understand the truth.... that's why many other fans hate Barca... because of their fans ....... by the way.... anywhere messi goes next season,, am a supporter of that club after Madrid...... you guys need to stop taking any article written about barca with so much anger and hatred for the writer...
boibrandon
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so what
I wanna judge you with respect to the club you support, so which club please ?
D-Maestreo
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barca be like: give us aguero, kdb, jesus, sterling, mendy and silva for messi 🤡🤡🤡
they didn't say that, you just cooked that up, making you the 🤡 🤡
China3290764
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NO Messi
duwbcdl
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Man City would be stupid if they swap 3 world class young stars with 33yrs old Messi plus €100m🙄🙄🙄🙄
Bobacpty
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City should keep their players if they want messi to win just keep yr players buy good defenders and messi u ll win everything
Sarojmanblue
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Attention all set for Messi but I think we need kouilibaaly more than Messi. If Messi signs for city in good terms it will be a good choice but we definitely need kouilibaaly at any cost to strengthen our CB.
Yiuikmnrsu
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Be realistic my fans, Messi the GOAT will go to MC. I will guarantee it.
khosla99
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Yes. City's priority should be defense.
that is their priority but napoli's president is being unreasonable about koulibaly's price
swillah
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now days rumors its man utd vs messi, signing Chelsea vs man city
raju7™
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barca be like: give us aguero, kdb, jesus, sterling, mendy and silva for messi 🤡🤡🤡
Yiuikmnrsu
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Be patient, he is coming. No doubt.. bet
ShubhankurSharma
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well messi's situation with barca is very complicated and they may end up in court so city do not want any trouble and will surely stay away from this dispute. City are doing everything to sign koulibaly though.
Yes. City's priority should be defense.
ShubhankurSharma
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nobody would give 3 25 yrs old and 100 million for a 33 even he is a god no matter what ! I do agree messi is the greatest but that is insane demand
Yes. I seriously don't want Messi to come, no matter free or at a cost.
ShubhankurSharma
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Plus 100mil
Yes that too.
NellEristhee
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if then man city won't get messi win win for Barca
babafemi
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if i were barcelonas sporting director, since pep and messi want each other so badly i will give the a teat so hard to accomplish. letting messi go and asking for KDB, Gabriel jesus, plus €150m.
zokbeklmtz
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Messi will be Epic in man City
Sosaenostz
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gabriel is not good we try with him too long
Lerizzzy
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sterling who has scored 30 goals this season he has been better than suarez , griezmann , dembele this season . Also if ever messi comes to city aguero will make sure he will finish everything that messi and kevin will create , he is the best finisher in PL . His goals per game is best in league.
Auba is a joke right?
losaioprs
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It will not be good for Man City
necadotuz
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Wow what a chance created by Messi and Sterling just missed it!!!!!
suwacdmops
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oooooo Miss
Jucdikruz
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Mahrez is a very good player with Bernado ! They should stay at all cost
Abdulkarimabubakar62
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they know what they are doing[100percent][100percent]
PandeStephen
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City will buy you with cash or maybe Stones Otamendi Rodri Garcia can be swapped
kikemtuz
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in other words DAM
not Dam please,...better to call them "Mad"....Messi Aguero De brun
kikemtuz
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Manchester City attack next season😍🔥
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...not but Better to call them "mad" as in Messi Aguero,De brun...
CallmeCJ
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Wish Barça would have done the same.
Tshoda
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it seems to be like Man city not in negotiation mood
SULAYMANja
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Lion King Messi dominated all football