The source reports that Manchester City have told Messi that he could earn €27 million per season, which eclipses the €20m-per-year deal he currently earns with the Spanish champions.
However, Barcelona hope that the four-time world footballer of the year will reject the offer, as he did with both Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in the past.
Meanwhile, Four time world footballer of the year, Lionel Messi was crowned the best player of 2015 at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Sunday, December 27.
The Argentine forward won the award ahead of arch-rival and Real Madrid striker, Christiano Ronaldo and others.
Elated by the award, Messi said: “I’m obviously very happy but all these awards are for the whole club.”
