City went mighty close to landing the mighty Messi
Manchester Evening News|August 15, 2024
"HI Pep, how are you?" That was all the message said, but it was all Pep Guardiola needed to know that Lionel Messi was interested in joining City in August 2020.
- SIMON BAJKOWSKI
City went mighty close to landing the mighty Messi

Sergio Aguero had already sounded an alert given his closeness to the player, yet Guardiola was in too much of a funk after City's limp Champions League exit to Lyon in the middle of the pandemic.

Those five words snapped him to his senses though, and a day later Guardiola met Messi in his home in Barcelona for both men to size each other up. Six hours later, the player was convinced about the move and the manager was committed to extending his contract at the Etihad.

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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トラむアルを開始しお、䜕千もの厳遞されたプレミアム ストヌリヌ、9,000 以䞊の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしおください。

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