PSG – Manchester City: Guardiola tried everything to bring Messi back to the Skyblues! – Eleven World

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Except last minute surprise, Lionel Messi will be on the ground of the Parc des Princes this Tuesday for the shock of the Champions League which will oppose PSG to Manchester City. The opportunity for the Pulga to cross paths with a certain Pep Guardiola, the manager of the Citizens who led him with great success many years ago on the side of Barça.

A five-hour discussion to seduce him

If it were up to Guardiola, the two men would also be working together again. In the columns of the Parisian, the Spanish journalist Guilhem Balagué indeed reveals the undermining work of Guardiola to try to recruit Messi at Manchester City, while the Spanish manager was “injured” that the link is broken with the Pulga.

“When Messi wanted to leave Barcelona in 2020, Pep tried to convince him to join him in Manchester. It made sporting and strategic sense. He came in person to meet Messi at his home. They talked for five hours. Salary was not a problem for Messi. The affair was not made and the contact between the two men was again broken off ”, revealed the journalist.