straight to your inbox Lionel Messi's father has played down any links between his son and Manchester City as he arrived in Barcelona for talks to resolve the forward's contract dispute.
Messi has told Barcelona he wants to leave and believes he has activated a clause allowing him to leave the club for free. However, Barcelona insist the clause had expired and Messi is still their player.
A week of speculation and missed training sessions from Messi has now resulted in his father and agent, Jorge, arrive in Barcelona for talks with club president Josep Bartomeu to try and resolve the disagreement.And on arrival in Barcelona, Messi Sr was asked about the chances of a compromise being reached, and also the links to City, who are waiting to.
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