How Lionel Messi Almost Joined Manchester City!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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Welcome back to Everything you Need to Know, where we give you the story behind some of football’s defining moments.
This week we are delving into the story of how Manchester City have repeatedly tried and nearly succeeded in signing Barcelona’s Lionel Messi.
Commonly considered the best player in the world, the 6 time Ballon D’Or Champion and 4 time Champions League winner came close to signing for the club in 2008, 2011 and most of all 2016.
Hear the hilarious story of how a miscommunication in the early days of Sheikh Mansour’s reign nearly saw a then 21 year old Messi sign for £70m. How Neymar’s arrival and Pep Guardiola’s appointment nearly persuaded the 10 time La Liga Champion to sign. And how a clause in Messi’s contract and a fall out with Sporting Director Eric Abidal meant a move was still a slight possibility until February 2020.
Having talked about Messi in the Premier League for years, enjoy the story of what might have been.
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I mean imagining Messi wearing another jersey then Barca at this point just feels wrong.
But it would be entertaining if Messi did come to the BPL
It certainly would, if it was't City which club would suit him best?
(Dougie)
If messi wearing another jersey that will be the last i watch spain liga Bbva.
Some people say he wants to retire at his youth club, Newell's Old Boys(?)
But then at the same time his family has gotten used to living in Spain, and he's raising his kids there
@@alelexex I don't think he's gonna go there, his kids study in the Barca school and also play football there, they probably will join Masia, so he won't leave Barcelona, I believe
@@sticker1996 plastic
This really do be a bruh moment
Who is here after Messi is about to join city after he told Barcelona he wants out.
ohhhhh myyyy. How they got it all wrong
This didn’t age well
Fr@@aaronwilson8624
Messi also promised Tito Villanova to stay at barca
Messi should have joined man city after the 15-16 season. He was 29 turning 30, enough time to fulfill a new chapter in a new league. He is partnered with his friend Aguero, and Pep Guardiola is coming to Man City.
Lol he never was going to join. He isn’t now especially
Heisted Yh city are bums
True
Are you sure about that?
You are hilarious
hahaha say that again
Messi vs Jones in the Manchester derby
Lethal...
(Dougie)
Jones has still scored more goals against Man Utd than most strikers in their career. He’s class.
City got banned from competing in the champions league because they wanted messi in a nutshell
this aged well
Pleasant Soladoye very
Messi would've dominated the Premier League EASILY
HGZ TM....correct he has more goals against the Top 6 of the premier league than some strikers who play in the premier league 😂
@@vb2388 So true ! XD
The only problem would be his physicality, but apart from that he would glide past defenders like no ones there
Tom Cloke messi is an absolute unit for his height a bit like hazard where players just bounce off him and it’s hard to knock him over
@@seanmcmahon700 True
This didn’t age well..........
this aged well
They asked for 100million for kaka and he refused.....thats big thing
Yeah but that was literally just where city were bought out so at that time why would Kaká consider it
Messi will be a city player . My sources close to Messi have confirmed it will be just matter of compensation to Barca
Mess please join man city👍👍👍👍👍
He might consider joining city now after the 8-2 thrashing by Bayern Lols
His haters state he won’t be able to play as well in other clubs..
How in God’s name will his individual prowess such as finishing, passing, vision and dribbling be affected if he joined any other club?
Do people think he would actually be less of an effective player if he joined Pep’s City? Seriously?
If anything he would improve at man city and become even better if that's possible. He'd get a lot more assists and better coaching
MF Aphex Heads he might lack some of the physicality though.
Eirik Leikanger...ruclips.net/video/X27mTNyPqsw/видео.html he has undergone harsh tackles before...and not to mention he has more goals against the top 6 of the premier league than most strikers who are playing in the premier league..
There is a myth that the prem is the toughest league in the world.But lets be honest around 14 teams utilise a low block system in the league.They give dpace to players to pass the ball around.Messi would expose a lot of defenses in the league
Only one way to find out.
HITC Sport is a better channel
and TIFO
Early than a white mum at an airport
Tifo is leading the way it seems
How well did this video age lol 😂
This aged well.......
How many of you missing LaLiga 🙋♀️🙋♀️❤️❤️
#Mansinspirational
How about doing an episode on players who left the premier league early? The likes of Oscar, Moussa Dembele had unfinished business in the prem I feel
Great😊😊☺☺☺❤❤❤⚽⚽
Next kaka’s transfer saga with city
Raj House no lie, he probably would’ve been better at city then what he was at Real Madrid
Love this new format. Keep em coming!!
Messi in another jersey other than Barcelona, is like Paulo Maldini or Totti in another jersey, impossible
City's ban is unlikely to be overturned. Hah! Foresight is 20/20 lol
This aged well..
why would messi leave *Barcelona* to join city? City were stupidly ambitious.
Messi should go to City because at Barcelona he is wasting the end of his career :( but now City is out of the Champions League next year
I love this format!!
The goat
Yes, Ronaldo is the goat
Ryan Andhee....cr7 can never be better than Pele, Maradona and Messi...I don’t think cr7 is better than Di Stefano as well...considering their overall careers..
@@vb2388 Messi is not even better than Maradona
Ronaldo is the greatest, tell me one player in history that has done it it in Spain, England, and now Italy
Plus dragged his team on the international stage
CR7 is the goat
Ryan Andhee...United, Madrid and Juventus...you think these teams were struggling?
Lol Juventus have won the league 7-8 times in a row....the only thing he has achieved is to join a strong club in the league to achieve trophies..
Ryan Andhee....also why are you considering team trophies as the only standpoint on who the GOAT is?
Trophies are won by teams not individual players..
Lol😂
richest club in world bayern munich !!!
Please keep doing things like this. Maybe you could do something on tactics
Only in football manager
this wouldve broke the league
still no european success.........
What 1:02 messi sing a crz shirt
Who searched for comments section?
Irish guy > this channel
Copying from oh my goal haha
Tifo football did this first lol
Unfortunately there will always be some crossover on RUclips, particularly when there isn't any live football... promise we didn't copy!
(Dougie)
Where do you guys get player stats such as XG and expected goals from.I would love to see them.
@@mellowjourney3983 wyscout mate
@@andreo3182 Thanks
Welcome💙💙😍😍😍.
We wouldve killed the prem
Nah, never believed it. Always a good topic of discussion though. One man club, Leo is.
Will Chan one club man
@@AngelGarcia-np4nc Freudian slip on my end!
@@wilseph1 naah , Barca these days is a one man club, maybe 3 men who are consistent ( Messi, Ter, Luis)
Messi would never leave Barca for a plastic club funded by oil money
I can taste the salt from over here
@@thekingsam911 I can smell the plastic from over here
Messi would never leave Barca for a trophless club
SPUDDS ALLI can u
Omega lol
First
"Nearly"
Make a video about Ronaldinho almost joined United
first
Spain really need to get a grip on tax evaders like Messi
City would never get messi. Who have city ever had? We've had the best manager the worlds ever had. The best keeper in the world both now in de gea and schemicial. We had the best player in history in Ronaldo, best midfielder in Europe in scholes as well as giggs. England's top goal scorer in rooney yous have had nowt
Richard Mason god, nothing worse than an arrogant United fan
@@EGGNBEENZ u not looking forward to next season when yous are out of Europe and lose your best players where as were getting linked with class player after player. It's working out how it is meant to be yous back down where u belong
Richard Mason god, nothing worse than an arrogant united fan
@@RichardMason-gj9ue oblak is better
@@cozierferret7274 if he was better he would play for someone good instead of a average team in Spain
MIKEYYYYY
What a hero eh
(Doug)
@@FootballDaily DOOGIEEEEE 🤣 loved you on the Chinwag podcast just listened to it yesterday, been a long time on my list lol
He is never leaving barcelona !
Messi doesn’t have the balls to play in a different league
manichispanic999...will you the say same to Maldini, Gerrard, Lampard, Scholes etc
Then you are a complete imbecile..
Or maybe is extremely loyal to his club
MF Aphex Heads I literally could give two shits what you think
manichispanic999...its ok bro....deep down you know you are wrong...don’t cry too much about it 😂
MF Aphex Heads wow you are corny. Do the other middle schoolers find that humorous?