Leonardo called Messi's dad but the player is said to have picked City already

PSG tried it. Perhaps in vain, surely, even. But we can not blame him for not having tried to recruit Lionel Messi. According to a report in the daily L'Equipe , Leonardo spent a telephone call to Jorge Messi, father, which would cordially responded to the Brazilian.

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But it seems that the Argentine, determined to leave FC Barcelona after the slap inflicted by Bayern in the Champions League, has set his sights on Manchester City. Messi would meet Pep Guardiola there to discover a new club and a new league for the first time in his career.

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