Lionel Messi, Barcelona's star striker, turned down an offer from Manchester City, exorbitant as daily Marca, the Spanish club FC Barcelona have proposed to pay the termination clause of the player, 150 million and would have offered a salary of 10 million net per season over four years to Argentina.
Messi, 21, rejected the offer, as it did recently for a similar proposition Raul, Real Madrid striker, according to Marca. The City denied having wanted to sign Raul, but the constant rumors about players facing Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the club's billionaire owner, who wants to transform it into a big Premier League.
