Manchester city are crunching the numbers to work out if they would be able to sign Lionel Messi without breaking the rules of financial fair play
The next obstacle for City would be to convince Barcelona to agree to negotiate Messi departure for a price well below his current buy out clause €700m
City know the operation is very complicated,but are studying the feasibility to be prepared in the event that Lionel Messi decides to leave football club Barcelona
