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Wish you were here! Toure and Aguero urge Barca star Messi to join them at Man City
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Manchester City stars Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero have urged Lionel Messi to join them at the Etihad Stadium.
Speculation persists that the Argentine superstar is unsettled at Barcelona, after Messi last week publicly hit out at the club's vice-president Javier Faus, claiming that the director 'knows nothing about football'.
Lionel Messi is reported to have fallen out with Barcelona vice-president Javier Faus
The problem is exacerbated by Messi's recent injury problems and the current holder of Ballon D'Or has not played since early November after breaking down with a hamstring injury against Real Betis.
And speaking to beIN Sport, Toure said: 'If Messi can leave Barca? To come to us, yes! I want to say yes! At Barcelona, there is always one star. One. Two is not possible.
'With the recent injury to Messi and the off-the-field problems that he is having at the moment, and with Neymar gradually getting promoted, it is complicated for him [Messi], for sure.'
While Messi's Argentina strike partner Aguero told the Manchester Evening News: 'Yes, he should come to City. Then we’ll definitely play together! City should buy him!'
However, Messi's father this weekend moved to quell the rumour mill, stating that Messi loves the Catalan club.
'Leo has grown up at Barca and he loves this club,' said Jorge Messi, 'There is no problem at all between Leo and the club's management. Over the last few month, the President Sandro Rosell has offered his full support and we appreciate these kind of gestures from Barcelona.
'In times like this (his injury), we need them more than ever. This support shows the esteem in which they hold Lionel. Their aims are the same as ours: to win as many titles as possible for the institution that we represent.'
Messi has been training the Ezeiza base of the Argentine national team and a medical report released by the Argentine Football Association on Friday stated that Messi was close to recovering from the hamstring injury and he is now to undergo the third stage of his recuperation process in his hometown Rosario.
Messi is expected to rejoin his Barcelona team-mates on January 2 ahead of a return to first-team football in early 2014.
These comments from Toure and Aguero only add to the speculation that a move could happen after Blues defender Pablo Zabaleta, another Argentina team-mate of the Barca No 10, revealed recently that Messi had repeatedly quizzed him about life at City.
'He asked me a lot about City,' said Zabaleta. 'It's something we often talk about'.
—Daily Mail
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz2oUwyzCnq
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Manchester City stars Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero have urged Lionel Messi to join them at the Etihad Stadium.
Speculation persists that the Argentine superstar is unsettled at Barcelona, after Messi last week publicly hit out at the club's vice-president Javier Faus, claiming that the director 'knows nothing about football'.
Lionel Messi is reported to have fallen out with Barcelona vice-president Javier Faus
The problem is exacerbated by Messi's recent injury problems and the current holder of Ballon D'Or has not played since early November after breaking down with a hamstring injury against Real Betis.
And speaking to beIN Sport, Toure said: 'If Messi can leave Barca? To come to us, yes! I want to say yes! At Barcelona, there is always one star. One. Two is not possible.
'With the recent injury to Messi and the off-the-field problems that he is having at the moment, and with Neymar gradually getting promoted, it is complicated for him [Messi], for sure.'
While Messi's Argentina strike partner Aguero told the Manchester Evening News: 'Yes, he should come to City. Then we’ll definitely play together! City should buy him!'
However, Messi's father this weekend moved to quell the rumour mill, stating that Messi loves the Catalan club.
'Leo has grown up at Barca and he loves this club,' said Jorge Messi, 'There is no problem at all between Leo and the club's management. Over the last few month, the President Sandro Rosell has offered his full support and we appreciate these kind of gestures from Barcelona.
'In times like this (his injury), we need them more than ever. This support shows the esteem in which they hold Lionel. Their aims are the same as ours: to win as many titles as possible for the institution that we represent.'
Messi has been training the Ezeiza base of the Argentine national team and a medical report released by the Argentine Football Association on Friday stated that Messi was close to recovering from the hamstring injury and he is now to undergo the third stage of his recuperation process in his hometown Rosario.
Messi is expected to rejoin his Barcelona team-mates on January 2 ahead of a return to first-team football in early 2014.
These comments from Toure and Aguero only add to the speculation that a move could happen after Blues defender Pablo Zabaleta, another Argentina team-mate of the Barca No 10, revealed recently that Messi had repeatedly quizzed him about life at City.
'He asked me a lot about City,' said Zabaleta. 'It's something we often talk about'.
—Daily Mail
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz2oUwyzCnq
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