Paris Saint-Germain exploring summer move for Barcelona's Lionel Messi - sources

Paris Saint-Germain are exploring the possibility of signing Barcelona's Lionel Messi in the summer, sources have told ESPN.

Messi wanted to leave Barca in August after the 8-2 Champions League elimination to Bayern Munich, and sources told ESPN at the time that Manchester City led the chase to sign him.

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However, sources have told ESPN that Neymar and PSG sporting director Leonardo also discussed bringing the Argentina international to France at that time and have not lost interest in him since.

Messi cannot leave Barca until next summer but he can start to negotiate a possible move with interested clubs from Jan. 1.

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