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#3 Manchester madness
A story did the rounds in the Spanish media that quoted Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak as claiming that the Etihad outfit tried to sign Lionel Messi and offered him three times his wages in order to bring him to England.
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“We asked Guardiola to talk to him, we offered him triple the salary he has at Barcelona, but he never accepted,” Mubarak was reported as saying.
However, a City spokesperson has since denied the “veracity” of the story.
“We deny the veracity of these quotes,” a City spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, on the red half of the divide, there is an update regarding the contract situation of Luke Shaw. After redeeming himself this season, he has found a place on Mourinho’s good book and has now been offered a long term contract to stay at the Theatre of Dreams, according to Daily Express.
