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Lionel Messi confirms FC Barcelona decision to end Man City hopes of transfer
straight to your inboxLionel Messi has confirmed that he will stay at FC Barcelona for another year, ten days after handing in a transfer request to spark an almighty transfer scramble.After two days of talks between the club and Jorge Messi, his father and agent, and a cutting statement fired in La Liga chief Javier Tebas's direction arguing publicly that the player's €700m release is no longer valid, the decision has been made for 33-year-old Messi to remain at the Nou Camp when he realised he could not find a way out of the club.In a message on Friday afternoon, the forward told Goal : "I thought and was sure that I was free to leave, the president always said that at the end of the season I could decide if I stayed or not.“Now they