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Especially considering the club - who have remained completely silent on the whole messi saga - immediately shot down rumours that Jesus Bernardo or Mahrez would move anywhere this summer by briefing all the journalists near the club.

Yep.

While that "leak" was not directly credited to the club, it had our finger prints all over it.
 
TH - someone who in the last fortnight has proved beyond all doubt that he knows whats up at the club - confirmed that Cheeseman was absolutely blagging the CAS verdict and that no one at the club knew anything other than their feeling about how the 3 day hearing went when he tweeted.


This is exactly why he took that chance with CAS, because now a bunch of people are ascribing him credibly he doesn't deserve.
Well possibly your conclusion is correct.

I don't like seeing City fans I like insulted. All journalists receive news that may or may not be correct and publish stories that turn out to be wrong but in Cheesy's case I doubt he would seek to mislead. More likely he has heard something and at worst given the story more credibility than it deserves.
 
I'd be very surprised if we were willing to offer up Gabriel Jesus as part of the deal.
not a chance. we will then be fronted by 2 strikers in the autumn of their careers (obviously, what players they are), but next year, or the year after we are going to need to replace our best ever goal scorer. and it's going to cost.

zero chance we put ourselves in a position of weakness, mid to long term, even for Messi. khaldoon continually speaks of looking 3, 5 and 10 years ahead. giving away a young quality striker is not good business.
 
I’ve found the article from mundo deportivo. Fully translated below:

Pep Guardiola returned to England yesterday and the feeling that he found upon his arrival in Manchester was that there are more and more doubts in his club about the possible incorporation of Leo Messi. At first, the British club were excited about the unexpected possibility of being able to count on the '10', but once the operation has been analyzed with a cool head, it seems difficult for City to really cope with the signing. According to sources close to the board of the ‘citizen’ club in England, they only contemplate the arrival of Leo if he does so with the release letter. In case they have to pay a transfer, they give up trying to transfer.

City has no doubts about what Messi would bring them at the sporting level, but economically the operation does generate many doubts. They know that they are under the magnifying glass of UEFA for the Financial Fair Play, after the 10 million fine imposed in July by the TAS, which saved him from not playing the Champions League for two years, and they do not want to take risks. The signing of Messi forces to readjust the salary mass of the squad, possibly to have to part with some important player and even so it is not easy to assume the record of the one who right now is the highest paid footballer in the world.

For all this, within the City leadership they have come to the conclusion that the signing of Leo Messi, if a transfer has to be paid, is not acceptable. After carefully studying the pros and cons of the operation, the decision seems made. The operation is not viable if you have to pay for the transfer and also assume Messi's record. If the Argentine won the legal battle against Barça and achieved the freedom card, the scenario would change and City will be an option for Messi. Otherwise they will give up fighting for the signing.

In addition, City is not in favor of risking requesting the provisional transfer to FIFA and then waiting for a judge to determine the cost of the operation, since it would have to provision a very high amount of millions and, therefore, it would be necessary to take too many risks.

Pep Guardiola returned to Manchester yesterday after spending a few days in Barcelona. The television cameras ‘hunted’ him at the El Prat airport with his assistant Juanma Lillo. It has not transpired if he has seen himself face to face with Messi, although Catalunya Ràdio did reveal a few days ago that both spoke on the phone. It was a conversation before the burofax sent to Barça, in which Leo communicated his intentions to Guardiola and also wanted to know his predisposition to host him in Manchester. According to what they say, Pep told him that given the economic difficulty of the operation, the best thing he could do was stay at Barça and finish his career at the Camp Nou, an idea that the coach has expressed in public at times. Yesterday the English press, after the illusion of the first days, already changed the speech and listed the enormous economic inconveniences for the City in case of embarking on a million-dollar operation such as the signing of Messi.
 
Think Barcelona are training now as I type, obviously won’t be there as hasn’t taken a test etc. I’m more confident now I see Vidal and Suarez are both close to leaving. I believe they are his two closest friends at Barca (he is especially close with Suarez)


I didn't want to post this becouse I think it's BS.
But at the golf yesterday one of the spanish players said Suarez is coming with him
 
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