Lionel Messi made a request to sign a contract with Man City but coach Pep Guardiola could not meet it.

Lionel Messi is linked with a blockbuster transfer that reunites him with coach Pep Guardiola at Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. However, Messi eventually left Barcelona to join Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). In the summer of 2021, Lionel Messi is planning to leave Barcelona. At that time, Messi aimed to join Man City.

Lionel Messi wanted a guarantee that Sergio Aguero would stay at Manchester City before agreeing to sign a contract with the Etihad Stadium team, but Pep Guardiola was unable to make that happen, the Mirror (UK) reported in today’s article. today 5-4. Messi was in Barcelona at the time. M10 has been linked with a move to Man City due to the breakdown of his relationship with the Camp Nou team.

According to Argentine news agency El Chiringuito, Messi’s move to the Premier League to play football is very possible. El Chiringuito stated that Messi really wants to reunite with his Argentine national team teammate Sergio Aguero and his former teacher Pep Guardiola at Man City.

However, Pep Guardiola clearly could not guarantee Messi’s demands when Aguero left Man City that summer and signed with Barcelona, and Man City then went all out to sign Erling Haaland. Aguero has now retired after he was discovered to have heart disease during his time playing at Barca.

Meanwhile, 36-year-old Lionel Messi is currently playing football in the US for Inter Miami after leaving Paris Saint-Germain last summer. Messi spent 21 successful years at Barca, where he won 24 major titles, including the Champions League 4 times and the FIFA Club World Cup 3 times, along with La Liga championships and national cups. Spain.

Lionel Messi scored 672 goals in 778 appearances and received many personal awards. Messi played under Pep Guardiola for 4 years at Barcelona, won the Champions League twice and won 3 La Liga. Messi left Barcelona at the end of the 2020 – 2021 season and chose to join PSG to reunite with former teammate Neymar.

That happened after Pep Guardiola pushed Aguero to leave Man City to make way for the arrival of Erling Haaland. The Norwegian striker joined the Etihad team in the summer of 2022 from Borussia Dortmund for a transfer fee of 51.2 million pounds.

Meanwhile, Sergio Aguero signed a contract with Barcelona but was forced to retire after only 7 months on the advice of his doctor. At the same time, Lionel Messi struggled in his first season at PSG but gradually improved over time. Messi left PSG at the end of last season after winning Ligue 1 twice.

Now, Lionel Messi is on the Inter Miami team playing the MLS tournament and has completely changed the club’s fortunes. Messi scored 11 goals in 14 matches in the 2023 season as Inter Miami won the Leagues Cup, the first title in the club’s history. This season, Messi missed the last few weeks of competition after suffering a hamstring problem.

Explaining why Lionel Messi chose Inter Miami, Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas told The Times: “It is very difficult for us to compete in owning Messi based on economic issues but we have our city, what it represents, it is also a place where Lionel Messi’s family can enjoy.

Miami is the unofficial capital of the Americas (many people of Argentine descent live in Miami). The majority of the population is of Spanish (speaking) origin from the southern and central United States and I think that is something that is extremely attractive to Lionel Messi.”