Lionel Messi and Manchester City. The most expected change in recent months is gaining momentum again. According to the British server SportWitness, the transfer of the Argentine national team, which will become a free agent at the end of the season, depends mainly on two “very important requirements,” which Messi himself demanded. If Manchester City can fill them, the destination of his new engagement is on the decline.
Virtually the entire summer transfer period has been speculated about the transfer of Lionel Messi from Barcelona to Manchester City. According to unspecified phrases in the contract, the six-time Golden Ball holder could go to England for free, but the Catalan leadership did not agree and the lawyers’ war was brewing. The 33-year-old Argentine eventually decided to stay at Camp Nou until the end of this season, but from the summer of 2021 he will be a free agent – and the Citizens will still try to win him.
Meeting the two requirements that will help Messi better adapt to the Premier League can also help them strive for a ‘transition of the year’. The first is the stay of the Spanish pilot Pepa Guardiola, with whom the Argentine knows intimately and celebrated with him both three championship titles and twice the triumph in the Champions League. According to the British media, Messi and Guardiola have both a desire to win and above-standard relations.
The key is Aguero
The second condition that the Argentine requires is that his teammate from the Sergio Aguera team remain in the club and that his contract be extended. The 32-year-old Aguer’s contract also ends in the summer of 2021, and he could be the key to Messi’s comfortable acclimatization to both new ways of playing and a new destination.
“Sergio has to show, like each of us, that he deserves to continue here – still playing at a high level, scoring goals and winning our matches – and then the club and I will decide,” Guardiola said recently. “But if he continues at the same level and we have no doubts, we will definitely want him to stay. It is unique. It is important both for us and for our fans and everyone else, “he concluded. However, this year the attacker hit only four matches due to injuries, in which he scored two goals.
