City once made a £30m bid for Messi by mistake!
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Messi mistake! New book reveals Manchester City once made £30m bid for Lionel by accident
A breakdown in telephone communication led to an offer being made to Barcelona, which was swiftly rejected
Manchester City once made a £30million bid for Argentine superstar Lionel Messi – by accident!
A breakdown in communication between club officials on the day that Sheikh Mansour completed his £210m takeover of the club in August 2009 was behind the sensational offer to Barcelona for the best player in the world.
Barcelona rejected the proposal – and within hours the Blues had agreed the £32m capture of Brazilian star Robinho from Real Madrid.
The extraordinary episode has been revealed in a new book detailing the history of the Premier League champions.
Former chief executive Garry Cook told the tale in a new book ‘it’s all getting messy.’ somehow translated into ‘get Messi.’
Former City chief executive Garry Cook details the mix-up in ‘The Manchester City Years’ by Gary James.
City had made already made a failed bid for Fernando Torres and had attempted to hijack Manchester United’s deal with Spurs for Dimitar Berbatov.
But senior club officials based in Manchester, London and Abu Dhabi were formulating Sheikh Mansour’s plans by telephone.
And Cook explains: “He (an executive) made a comment like ‘it’s all getting messy.’
“Via the telephones and other communication lines, this somehow translated into ‘get Messi.’
“An offer was made for Lionel Messi of about £30million. Needless to say, it was rejected.”
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city should take a hard look at their lousy defence. they were lucky to win last season. surely they wont be lucky again. does city intend to outscore oppositions in every matches? sigh better defenders!!!!
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City's 3-5-2 is exposing their defence weakness even more and they are ignoring it