Gary Lineker makes Lionel Messi to Manchester City admission

Lionel Messi has told new Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman that he is edging towards the exit door. Gary Lineker has told talkSport why Manchester City should go all-out to sign the Argentine star. However, president Josep Maria Bartomeu has rubbished the claims Messi could leave this summer, describing the Argentine as ‘the pillar of our project’. But according to RAC1, Messi spoke with Koeman soon after his appointment and told the Dutchman he doesn’t see a clear future for himself at Barcelona. Speaking on Hawksbee and Jacobs, the former England and Barcelona striker said: “It’s sad because you’ve got a generation of players who have been great and have won a lot, but old father time catches up with everyone and it’s brutal, particularly in football. “Koeman has got one hell of a job on his hands, this is going to be a massive transition period. It would be interesting to see whether Messi does stay or leave, and it could be very sad for Barcelona, but at the same time it would be very sad to see his last couple of years at the top just peter out in an ordinary team. “Imagine if he did come to the Premier League, say a club like Manchester City, which is the obvious link because of Guardiola. With all the investment at City and the club want to turn into a global brand, who better than someone who had got hundreds of millions of fans all around the world? “It would do it instantly. All of a sudden Manchester City would have fans all over the world. For one of the new money clubs like City, it takes a long time to build that fanbase. So you could see there would be an interest, and that’s aside from the fact he’s also the most magical footballer I think we’ve ever seen.” Source: talksport

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