Manchester: Lionel Messi has reportedly reached out to his former boss Pep Guardiola on a personal level for a possible Manchester City move after Barcelona’s humiliation on the hands of Bayern Munich at the Champions League quarterfinals earlier in the month.
Both Barcelona and Manchester City are struggling in the Champions League for a long time now. The 33-year-old Argentine is at the dusk of his career and carried Barcelona single-handedly till the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season and faced a humiliating loss against Bayern Munich.
Whereas Pep’s City lost at the hands of a weak Lyon side in the round of 8. A reunion of the master and his favorite pal could make a difference in their career. It is also to be noted that Pep has never won the Champions League since 2011 when he was a Barca manager, and Messi it was back in 2015. The chance of this reunion is making sense.
According to the report, the backdrop of the conversation was about the frustrating condition in Barcelona, the dressing room situation, thus fuelled the chances of the famous reunion. After Messi revealed that he wants to leave Barcelona after 14 years, many clubs have come up with an offer, but Manchester City seems to be the frontrunner with Pep’s presence.
City are also willing to offer Gabriel Jesus and two other players in a potential trade. Even they offered a two-year deal to Messi, at their sister club New York City of MLS before retirement. The Little Magician might have played his last game in the Blaugrana shirt with 634 goals by his back. This might be the most beautiful reunion in football in this decade. And a Heart-breaking ending for a Barcelona fan.
