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The "victims" that would earn Messi if it arrives to the City

Published:10/02/2021 - 09:09h

Updated:10/02/2021 - 09:09h

The hypothetical arrival of Lionel Messi to the Manchester City could suppose a replanteo important in the staff, by part of the club directed by Pep Guardiola

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Since Lionel Messi announced that it wanted to leave of the FC Barcelona during the past summer, the Manchester City has intensified his interest by the Argentinian, being one of the most latent options to receive it if the same decides finally leave of the Catalan picture. With Pep Guardiola, old known of the captain blaugrana, in the technical direction of the picture "Citizen", this is an option more than latent.

However, the arrival of Messi to the Manchester City could causes a hurricane of consequences in the monetary and sportive planning of the Manchester City. In principle, by the astronomical figures that the 10 Barcelona earns, circumstance that would do that Sky Blues" have to replantear the form in which they invest his capital.

This would carry directly to the second important sequela that would have the arrive of the oriundo of Rosario to the team of the Premier League, that is the one of the possible victims that would earn said operation, so much in the chapter of the sales, as in the one of the headlines in the diagram of Guardiola. This sucedería since it would not be worthwhile fichar to the Argentinian if it does not go to have space in the staff and, to his time, because the Manchester City will have to "cut heads" to pay the estadia of Messi.

In this sense and, as it indicates the daily ACE, are varied the players that could see his place in the club affected if it produces the arrival of Messi to the Manchester City. From Kevin Of Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Ferran Torres and Gabriel Jesús until Sergio "Kun" Agüero, the one who finalises his agreement in June of this year and hardly has had witnesses this season, due to the fact that it suffered of covid-19 and to an injury.

How it would fit Messi in the Manchester City?

To produce the arrival of Lionel Messi to the Manchester City, Pep Guardiola could situate it in several positions, but would condition the present and the future of varied of his players. Supposing that the Catalan trainer keeps an alignment of 4-3-3, could plant to the Argentinian in his characteristic position of right extreme, but will have to seat in the bench to Mahrez and to Bernardo Silva, those who usually play here.

On the other hand, Pep could go back to experience with Messi to situate it like "false 9", the position in that more it surrendered the rosarino while had to the control to the of Santpedor. However, it would have to debate then, where plant to Phil Foden, the one who has been the selected to position here recently, as well as to Gabriel Jesús and to a hypothetically renewed Sergio Agüero, those who are the leading natural centres of the team.