Following the rejection of Barcelona forward, Lionel messi in the new deal offered by the club, Manchester City are making serious plans to sign the soccer star.

Messi rejected his new deal with Barcelona after comparing it with the one given to Ronaldo at Real Madrid. He discovered that it was way below his expectation.

Man City saw it as an opportunity to sign him since the club is being sponsored by Adidas and he is also an ambassador to adidas. They are making preparation should the star eventually leave Barcelona, they will position to get him into the club without taking any chances.

According to report from Sun Uk ‘Man United have admitted defeat and believe bitter rivals City would be favorites to sign Lionel Messi if he was to leave Barcelona.

An Old Trafford source said: “City would be the favorites if he were to one day leave, but we would obviously love the sign a player of that level. We can certainly compete on the cash front and Messi is an Adidas player like Paul Pogba, so we have our pluses.”