Pep Guardiola and Manchester City's players gear up for Wednesday's match against Barcelona
Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi were awesome together, but are now ‘enemies’
Etihad boss Guardiola faces the Barcelona superstar at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night in a blockbuster Champions League clash.
Former Barca chief Guardiola denied reports he called Messi in the summer — and expects the Argentine ace to finish his career with the Catalan giants.
But the Etihad top brass believe Messi COULD be tempted by City if he ever decides to take on a new challenge.
And Guardiola refused to rule it out. He said: “I never called Leo Messi.
“But maybe he will think, ‘OK I want to play somewhere else’. Maybe he wants his kids to speak English, or to live a different experience.
“That happened to many of us. Maybe it could happen.
“But if he decides to go, then there would be seven or eight clubs that would want to sign him — and it would be down to him.
“Messi will decide where to go.”
Guardiola revealed he spoke with Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen before sealing a move for his Nou Camp team-mate Claudio Bravo this summer.
Guardiola added: “As for Ter Stegen, I knew he wanted to play all the time. We got in touch.
“He wasn’t happy with his situation. We needed a goalkeeper like Claudio or Ter Stegen. Claudio came and Ter Stegen decided to stay.”
Guardiola revealed he spoke with Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen before sealing a move for his Nou Camp team-mate Claudio Bravo this summer.
Guardiola added: “As for Ter Stegen, I knew he wanted to play all the time. We got in touch.
“He wasn’t happy with his situation. We needed a goalkeeper like Claudio or Ter Stegen. Claudio came and Ter Stegen decided to stay.”
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