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The youngster winger turned 18 today.

Jayden's Stats this season in Man City #Academy

👕 Appearance :- 27
⚽️ Goals :- 11
🅰 Assist :- 3

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Manchester City will offer Lionel Messi an incredible £450m five -year deal to quit Barcelona.

[ Mirror ]

Barcelona forward due to miss training amid Manchester City interest.

Messi's father and representative Jorge is expected to meet with the Barcelona hierarchy, including president Josep Maria Bartomeu, on Wednesday to discuss his son's future.

[ Sky Sports ]

Manchester City are prepared to pay Lionel Messi £450m as part of a five-year deal that would eventually see him join New York City, according to reports.

ESPN note he will play the first three and as of the 2023-2024 season he would play for City’s sister club New York City in MLS.

[ Team Talk ]

Barcelona offered three Man City players and £90m for stunning transfer.

It’s claimed Guardiola’s side have offered Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus and Eric Garcia to the Catalan giants in order to secure Messi’s signing.
And they’ve also tabled a bid of £90m, hoping Nou Camp chiefs will accept.

Messi’s decision to leave is irreversible and Manchester City move is likely, claims Barcelona presidential candidate Kerry Hau.

According to Toni Freixa
Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona this summer and is “likely” to move to Manchester City.

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Pep Guardiola hasn't won a Champions League title without Messi in his team, Messi has won just one Champions League since Guardiola left Barcelona.

Both want to win at least one more Champions League and Guardiola manages a team who want to win their first Champions League.

For all of City's attacking brilliance they have only once had a player score 25+ times in a Premier League season (Sergio Aguero in 2014-15).

Messi has scored 25+ league goals in every single season from 2009-10 onwards.

Guardiola + Messi sounds good, goals + goals sounds very good, but you still need to stop the other team from scoring.

[ BBC SPORT ]

Guardiola has arrived back to Manchester after he and Lillo were in Barcelona.

BREAKING

David Silva tests positive for COVID-19.

Real Sociedad have confirmed that midfielder David Silva has tested positive for COVID-19.

The 34-year-old underwent PCR exams at the Gipuzkoa Polyclinic on Monday morning, where the result was later confirmed.

According to the club, Silva already tested negative on Friday after undergoing exams in his native Gran Canaria, before this second test sprung the positive result.

It’s understood that the player is asymptomatic and already self-isolating, without having met his new team-mates yet.

We wish you a speedy recovery. 🙏

Kalidou Koulibaly has agreed terms with Manchester City, but Napoli and City still need to find an agreement. PSG and Manchester United were also interested, but City are the closest. However, they need to raise their offer to satisfy ADL. Koulibaly is waiting.

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Kalidou Koulibaly has reached an agreement with Manchester City per Nabil Djellit ( France football journalist )

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Claudio Bravo has joined Real Betis on free transfer.

We wish you best of luck.

#OnThisDay On 1 September 2008, the final day of the Premier League summer transfer window, Robinho completed a €41–42 million (£32.5M) move to Manchester City on a four-year deal.

This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group.

🤩 New Era

Robinho stats at City 👇

👕 53 Appearance
⚽️ 16 Goals
🅰 12 Assist

Kalidou Koulibaly agrees personal terms with Manchester City.

France Football report that 29-year-old Senegalese international central defender Kalidou Koulibaly has agreed personal terms with Manchester City ahead of a possible transfer from Napoli.

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Koulibaly agrees to deal with Man City

Kalidou Koulibaly has agreed to personal terms with Manchester City , reports France Football .

The defender has been linked with the likes of Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain in recent years as well, although Napoli have dismissed all offers.

Koulibaly isn't desperate to leave, as he remains happy in Napoli even if he could double his salary by completing a move to Man City.

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Ante Palaversa has joined Getafe on a season long loan.

Age :- 20
Position :- DM
Nationality :- Croatian

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Rio Ave have signed Ryotaro Meshino on a two-year loan deal with an option to buy from Man City.

Age :- 22
Position :- AM, CM, LM, SS, RM, LW, RW, CF
Nationality :- Japanese

Total Stats of the Japanese

👕 Appearance :- 111
⚽️ Goals :- 26
🅰 Assist :- 8

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Kevin De Bruyne stats by position [ in Man City only ]

✅ Attacking Midfield
👕 Appearance :- 103
⚽️ Goals :- 27
🅰 Assist :- 49

✅ Central Midfield
👕 Appearance :- 72
⚽️ Goals :- 18
🅰 Assist :- 24

✅ Right Wing
👕 Appearance :- 16
⚽️ Goals :- 7
🅰 Assist :- 8

✅ Left Midfield
👕 Appearance :- 13
⚽️ Goals :- 4
🅰 Assist :- 6

✅ Left Winger
👕 Appearance :- 8
🅰 Assist :- 1

✅ Right Midfield
👕 Appearance :- 5
🅰 Assist :- 1

✅ Second Striker
👕 Appearance :- 1

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Messi agrees to €700m Man City contract

The 33-year-old is heading for the exit at Barcelona, as new head coach Ronald Koeman has informed him that he does not feature in his plans moving forward. 

The Barcelona star looks set for a big payday should he secure a move away
Lionel Messi has agreed to financial terms with Manchester City that if given the green light would be worth €700 million (£623m/$834m) over five years, claims the Daily Record . 

The Argentine has also been offered an equity stake in City Football Group as part of the deal with Messi expected to spend three years in Manchester before moving to MLS side New York City FC . 

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Lionel Messi ‘agrees Man City contract worth £623MILLION’ as his dad flies to Barcelona for showdown transfer talks Gossip

LIONEL MESSI has reportedly agreed a record £623million deal to join Manchester City.

The 33-year-old is on a mission to force his way out of Barcelona after he handed in a transfer request.

Here's how much Lionel Messi will earn from the new deal
According to Record Sport, Messi has agreed financial terms on a five-year contract worth a total of €700m (£623m).

The incredible deal would make the Argentine the highest-paid individual in the history of the sport.

It equates to £14,200 an hour, £341,000 per day, £2.4m every week and a whopping £10.4m per month.

Messi is set to spend three seasons at the Etihad before joining City Football Group's Major League Soccer side New York City FC for two years.

[ THE SUN ]

Kalidou Koulibaly could still go to Paris Saint Germain. Napoli are adamant about his valuation. Koulibaly will only get the green light if a club offers €90M.

[ France Football ]

Guardiola withdraws from Koulibaly move, for now, after Napoli rejected Manchester City’s latest offer of €60M.

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This week it will be decided whether Koulibaly will stay or leave as Man City present their latest offer through his agent Ramadani. Napoli have Sokratis and Matvienko on their list of replacements.

[ Alfredo Pedulla ]

ManCity have made a €70M offer for Kalidou Koulibaly. There will be a meeting between Aurelio De Laurentiis and Fali Ramadani to close the deal. City already have an agreement with the player, while Napoli still want €80M.

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Lionel Messi's father provides update on Man City links ahead of Barcelona contract talks.

Lionel Messi's father and agent has arrived in Barcelona for talks with the club as Manchester City continue to be linked with signing the forward.

According to Deportes Cuatro, Jorge Messi said it would be difficult for his son to remain at Barcelona, but he 'doesn't know' about a move to City.

They report that Messi Sr was asked if his son would remain at Barcelona, to which he replied: "I don't know."

When pressed to answer how he expected the talks to go, he said it would be 'difficult' for his son to stay at the Nou Camp

The report then asked if City was a good option, and whether he spoke to Pep Guardiola.

Reports have suggested Guardiola advised Messi to remain at Barcelona before handing in his transfer request.

"I don't know, there is nothing," Messi Sr replied. "I didn't talk to Pep."

Finally, Jorge Messi was asked how he saw Lionel's future at Barcelona, with the reply: "Difficult, difficult."

How can Man City afford Lionel Messi 🧐

1.  The Argentine believes his contract stipulates he can leave for nothing but Barcelona insist any buying club will need to pay a fee. Then there is his release clause, which is £630million.

Not even Sheikh Mansour could afford that. In fact, City are one of the few clubs in world football who could even contemplate a fee of around €100m (£89m). That's what Juventus paid for Cristiano Ronaldo and that is considered a benchmark for any deal involving his rival, who is now 33.

What looks certain is that Messi would need to accept some form of pay cut on his astronomical wages. City's current top earner – believed to be Kevin De Bruyne on £350,000 a week – earns less than a third of the Argentine's basic wage at Barca.

2. WHAT ABOUT CITY'S OTHER TRANSFERS?

Here is where it gets a bit tricky. This summer, Guardiola has already spent £41m on Nathan Ake and £37m on Ferran Torres.

As reported by Sportsmail this week, City are looking for two more signings, with a right-sided centre back among their priorities.

City want Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly but the Serie A club would likely demand north of £65m. Those deals should not preclude a move for Messi. But funds would need to be found elsewhere.

3. HOW MUCH WRIGGLE ROOM DO CITY HAVE?

More than you might imagine, it seems. Football finance expert Kieran Maguire told The Athletic that in recent seasons, with the threat of a European ban hanging over them, City have spent more carefully.

Missing the Champions League for two seasons could have cost them hundreds of millions in revenue and now they are back in the competition, the belt can be loosened a bit more.

Coronavirus has hurt teams at every level – with big clubs particularly hit by a lack of matchday income. But for this deal, there could be some hidden benefits for City as Covid-19 has prompted UEFA to relax its spending regulations.

Typically, teams are allowed to lose £26.8m over a three-year period.

Between 2016 and 2019, while in fear of punishment from UEFA, City actually made an FFP 'profit' of around £107m, Maguire claims. But now, thanks to the pandemic, UEFA have decided to count profit and loss over the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons combined, giving clubs an extra year to balance the books.

4. WHERE CAN CITY FIND THE MONEY TO AFFORD MESSI?

Firstly they can sell players: young defender Eric Garcia could be used as a makeweight in any deal for Messi, while Nicolas Otamendi could leave if City can find a buyer to pay his wages.

Uncertainty reigns over the long-term futures of the likes of John Stones, Angelino and Oleksandr Zinchenko, too, while City have already pocketed David Silva's wages and £55m for Leroy Sane (plus his wages) following their departures.

More crucial, perhaps, could be the money Messi helps bring in. The hope will be that with such a superstar in their ranks, City will improve in the Premier League and Champions League. Finishing higher or going further would earn them bigger prizes, as would having more of their games on TV because the likes of Sky and BT Sport want to show Messi on their channels.

Almost all of City's matches last season were on TV, but every extra game (after the first 10) brings an extra £1million for top-flight clubs, Maguire revealed. Every little helps.

City would also use Messi to boost their commercial revenue, too.

As Maguire told Sportsmail this week, City could implement a 'Messi tax' to deals signed by any of their 42 partners because brands would almost certainly pay through the nose to have him commercially associated with their product.

'City's commercial partners want their product next to a first-team player in a shirt. At present, City can offer them Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne. All excellent footballers,' he said. 'Lionel Messi is in a different universe though - Juventus found that when they signed Cristiano Ronaldo.

'It allows the club to go back to sponsors and say, 'here's the deal, it's going to cost you another couple of million a year if you want Messi'. If you do

half-a-dozen of those, it chips away at the additional cost of employing somebody of his ilk.'

According to The Athletic, the arrival of Ronaldo helped swell Juventus' income by £46.5m in a single year.

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