straight to your inboxManchester City still expect to sign Lionel Messi but they will just have to wait a year to do it, according to reports.Messi brought a wild two weeks of speculation to a close on Friday as he announced that he will be staying at Barcelona after all this summer, in order to avoid a legal dispute with the club over the clause in his contract that would let him leave for free.But it's far from a happy ending to the story as the six-time Ballon d'Or winner unleashed a scathing attack on the club's hierarchy and president Josep Bartomeu in an interview with Goal.Messi reiterated his desire was to leave the club he has spent his entire professional career at and he would actually be free to do so next summer without any.
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