Messi believes he has activated a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for free and that he is no longer a Barcelona player.
The club say that clause had expired, and the only way he can leave is if a club activated his £630m release clause.Board meetings are taking place and possible lengthy court battles could ensure, but City are waiting in the wings and could be ready to pounce to bring perhaps the world's greatest player to the Etihad.On top of that, City are also eyeing up Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly as a possible signing to strengthen the centre-back position.You can ask our Manchester City correspondent Simon Bajkowski about all these issues and more in our latest Q&A webchat.All you have to do in order to get involved is.
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