L'Equipe: PSG get closer to Messi, but he prefers Manchester

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has contacted the Argentine Lionel Messi environment to convey his interest in the player but he would have decided to go to Manchester City, the newspaper “L'Équipe” indicated this Friday.

According to your information, the sports director of the Parisian club, Leonardo, has called the forward's father and representative, Jorge Messi, to inquire about his situation and communicate your interest if you leave Barcelona.

The newspaper said that although the player's father responded “kindly” to the call, Messi would have chosen to sign for Pep Guardiola's team.

This Wednesday, “L'Équipe” had stated that PSG saw it as “impossible” for the player to join their ranks in the event that his departure from Barça is confirmed.

The sports newspaper then indicated that the Parisian club's managers considered that the operation would be incompatible with the budget balance rules imposed by UEFA, even in the case that Messi managed to avoid the clause of his contract with Barça to leave freely.

The Barcelona captain has sent a burofax to the Catalan club in which he requests that he be granted the freedom letter to be able to sign for another team and in his letter he alleged the clause that he has in his contract and that allowed him to go free before the past June 10.