Lionel Messi wants €150 million Premier League superstar at Barcelona, €85 million superstar agrees to join Real Madrid and more: Transfer Roundup, 17 May 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified May 17, 2019 13:54 GMT

Real Madrid seem to be in a hurry this summer and Messi wants Barcelona to bolster their attack

Massimiliano Allegri will leave Juventus in the summer

Juventus have announced that current manager Massimiliano Allegri will leave the club once the season gets over. Allegri led Juventus to 4 back to back Scudetto-s and 2 cup doubles. In addition to that, he was able to lead the team to 2 UEFA Champions League finals.

Several names have been suggested as replacements with Pep Guardiola being the most prominent of them. However, the Manchester City boss was quick to rubbish all such rumours. He said,

"I'm not going to Juventus or to Italy. I have two more years here. I'm not going to move, I'm satisfied here, I'm not going anywhere. Next season I will be manager of Manchester City."

Juventus have already secured the Serie A title this season. They still have 2 more games to play in the league and those will be the final 2 games in charge of The Old Lady for Max Allegri.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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