Man City linked with Argentine stars

March 5, 2009

Manchester City have been linked with moves for Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, the latter not in a playing capacity thankfully.

They have not been put off by their failed attempt to buy Kaka in January and are pursuing Barcelona star Messi with a reported record bid of £100 million.

Diego Maradona is being targeted for a presidential role at the club after Al-Fahim admitted he was a huge fan of the Argentine legend when he played with Napoli.

“I do not know if Maradona will be a good coach. What I believe is that he should be the president of a club and have the right to choose and buy players.”

“In Naples he started from scratch and built a great club. He has the power to change a football team.”

On the subject of Messi he said: “Messi is a player that makes me love Argentina again.”

Whether they can succeed in persuading Messi to leave his beloved Barcelona is yet to be seen but it could potentially be a bigger coup than Kaka.

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