Get the biggest City transfer window stories, pre-season news and updates delivered straight to your inbox Thursday night’s announcement that Lionel Messi is to leave Barcelona would normally have had Manchester City’s transfer klaxons blaring at full volume.
The fact that the Blues have continued serenely on with the business of getting the £100million Jack Grealish deal over the line, and turning their focus on doing the same with Harry Kane, suggests that is not the case.
City’s hierarchy have always had a quiet confidence that if Messi ever DOES leave Barca — and that is still a big if despite last night’s drama - they would be at the head of the queue to sign him.
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