straight to your inboxBarcelona will demand £250m for Lionel Messi and have identified the player they want to replace him, according to the latest reports.Manchester City continue to be linked with Messi, who failed to attend pre-season testing at Barcelona on Sunday as the dispute over his contract continues.
Messi feels he has activated a clause to leave on a free, but the club - and now La Liga - insist the clause is not applicable and any buying club must pay the £630m release clause.However, the Mirror say Barcelona are hoping to receive £250m for Messi, and would allow him to leave at that price.
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