Manchester City offered to triple Lionel Messi's Barcelona wages in a bid to tempt the Argentinian to the Etihad Stadium after Pep Guardiola became the club's manager, according to chairman Khaldoon al Mubarak.
Al Mubarak told a media conference in the United Arab Emirates that Messi is the one player he wishes City had signed, per Goal's Chris Burton: "We asked [manager Pep] Guardiola to talk to him, we offered him triple the salary he has at Barcelona, but he never accepted."
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