Lionel Messi from joining Manchester City if he is elected Barcelona president next month.Laporta is the favourite to win the election on January 24 - and believes keeping Messi at the Spanish giants has to be the club's No.1 priority.City chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak is willing to match Messi's current wages of £7.45m-a-month after tax, in a bid to reunite the Argentine superstar with Pep Guardiola in Manchester.Messi, who came close to joining City in the summer before deciding to stay at Barca for legal reasons, has less than seven months remaining on his contract and can talk to other clubs in January.Paris Saint Germain are also keen on signing Messi, but City believe his close relationship with Guardiola puts them in pole position.But.
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