City angry with claims they bid £132m for Messi...
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DENIED ... Manchester City have slammed reports they bid £138m for Barcelona star Lionel Messi
MANCHESTER CITY have angrily denied claims they bid £132million for Lionel Messi.
A Spanish newspaper said that Barcelona ace Messi rejected City’s offer, which included a £9m-a-year deal for the Argentine striker.
But City bigwigs have poured cold water on the report – just one day after chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak insisted the club would not pay silly money in the summer transfer window.
An Eastlands spokesman said: “Manchester City note with interest the reports circulating in the Spanish media that the club has made an offer to the Barcelona player Lionel Messi and that he has turned down the chance to join the club.
“While acknowledging that Messi is a world-class player of the highest calibre, Manchester City would like to make it clear that the club has at no time made an approach to him or his representatives.”
Earlier this month, City boss Mark Hughes hit out at the number of reports linking the club with players around the world since the Abu Dhabi United Group completed their takeover of the club last summer.
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"we did not bid 132million pounds on messi, we bid 200million pounds"
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The owner will follow the path of roman when he bought chelsea in 2003 ie buy big and win trophies and aim to be the biggest club in future. there will come a day when the owner either run out of cash or interest and decided to sell the club. I wonder if roman will tire of his toy 10 years from now, if he doesnt run out of cash by then.
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Get use to it la City.
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Originally posted by youyayu:
"we did not bid 132million pounds on messi, we bid 200million pounds"
Ya they use 200 Millions not 132 Millons