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British tabloid The Daily Mail claims that Barcelona right wing attacker and Argentinian international Lionel Messi (21) is one of the targets of Manchester City.

The English Premier League club hopes to tempt AC Milan player Kaká with the promise that he will be just the first star player who will end up at Manchester City, that could spend big on a list of transfer targets that includes Messi.

Asked if he would consider an offer by Manchester City, Messi said yesterday to journalists that he has no plans to leave Barcelona: "I want to stay here for the rest of my life. I hope it will be this way."

Asked about the rumour that Barcelona wants to offer Messi another contract renewal (read more here), Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain said yesterday to journalists that they will look at the issue at the end of the season:

"We didn't yet thought about renewing Messi. Those things are talked about at the end of the season. By that time, we'll look at the situation of the player and we'll talk but at this moment we didn't yet consider it. Leo is happy here and we don't think he's planning to leave. He feels good, he scores, and when he does he points at the logo... We're not worried about bids from Manchester City for our players because they are untouchable."

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