He is not just breaking a bond between player and team that has come to seem symbiotic. Barcelona is not Barcelona without Messi. But would Messi be Messi without Barcelona? Not fringe players or youth players, but players like Suárez and Vidal and Ivan Rakitic. It was the equivalent of signing Messi: with the finest coach of his generation and an array of (broadly) young, world-class players, City could not fail.

Source: bd News24 August 29, 2020 14:15 UTC