The details of Manchester City's multimillionaire bid that Lionel Messi rejected

In the last few hours it has been revealed that the possible landing of Lionel Messi in Manchester City was real and he was close to materializing. The English club has had negotiations with the player's environment between December 2016 and November 2017.

The newspaper The world The revealed details of the talks, following statements by Khaldoon al-Mubarak, the top leader of the English entity, admitted that he had attempted to sign Argentina.

The citizens they have offered 250 million net euros in five years (would have earned 50 million net per season) and were willing to pay the 10-year resolution clause, which was then 250 million.

Ferran Soriano, CEO of the city and former vice president of the Catalan entity, was in charge of the dialogue with Jorge Messi, who proposed him a premium of 50 million gross euros he convinces his son to play again under Pep Guardiola's orders and to meet with his friend Sergio Agüero.

The Spanish newspaper says that the operation has reached 755 million euros, a record for the football world.

The end of the story is known: Messi finally decided to reconnect with Barcelona in December 2017 for four seasons (until 2021) and reap 35 million euros per season and a 700 million clause d & # 39; euros.