Andre Cury, a football agent who represents Barcelona’s newly signed player Vitor Roque, recently had a lengthy conversation with AS in which he stated that the Catalan club had been made an enormous offer of €200 million by Manchester City for Lionel Messi one year prior to his departure.

Cury, who has close ties with Barcelona, having worked as the club’s scout in Brazil until 2020, claims that the Catalans turned down big money for Messi only to see him leave for free a year later.

It is important to keep in mind that Messi sent the infamous burofax in the summer of 2020, in which he requested to leave the club. This event took place in the year 2020.

The Argentine superstar was dissatisfied with the way the club was being managed by the administration at the time, which was being directed by the previous president Josep Maria Bartomeu. At the same time, the team’s performance was also suffering.

As a result, he requested to be released from the club, and it appears that Manchester City took advantage of this by making a significant offer for his services.

A year before Leo Messi left Barcelona, Manchester City made an offer of up to 200 million euros for him, but Barcelona turned down the deal because they did not want to sell him. One year previously. “They were aware that he was going to fulfill his obligations under the contract,” said Cury.

Messi remained with the club despite Barcelona’s decision to decline the offer; nevertheless, he was forced to depart a year later since the Blaugrana were unable to renew his contract. In the end, the offer was rejected by Barcelona.

The Argentine player who won the World Cup spent two seasons with Paris Saint-Germain. He had the opportunity to go back to Barcelona this summer after his contract with PSG expired, but things did not work out as planned, and he is now playing in the Major League Soccer for Inter Miami.