Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi had a conversation over the phone last week, over the possibility of the player joining Manchester City, ESPN reports.
Messi shocked Barca on Tuesday, when he sent a fax stating
his intention to leave this summer.
The LaLiga club responded by asking him to remain at the
club he joined almost 20 years ago.
City are one of the clubs monitoring Messi’s future at the
Nou Camp and are crunching numbers to see if they can work out a deal for the
33-year-old.
It is believed they have grown more optimistic following
Guardiola’s talk with Messi last week.
The two men spent four years together at Barca between 2008
and 2012, and Guardiola spoke to the Argentina superstar about the project that
awaits him in England if he decides to make the move.
The conversation took place a few days after Barcelona
suffered an 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
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