Pep Guardiola was ‘not happy' with Lionel Messi after Manchester City put the wheels in motion in a failed pursuit to land his signature last summer.
City had made preparations to seal Messi’s signing in 2020, including offering a massive contract that would have earned the forward more than the €25million (£21.2m) annual salary Messi will earn at Paris Saint-Germain after tax.The Premier League club had already contacted Messi ahead of the infamous burofax he and his representatives sent to then-Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu, in which he stated he would like to leave the club owing to a stipulation in his contract.Jorge Messi - father and agent of Lionel - identified a clause stating that if Messi wanted to leave Barcelona, he.
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