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Negredo can see Messi joining him at Man City

Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo can see his club tempting Lionel Messi away from Barcelona. The former Sevilla ace has settled quickly in Manchester.

"People do paint it a bit black in Manchester but, you know, it is not bad at all. My family have settled in well and it is one of the best decisions I have made," he told the Mail on Sunday.

"The city is not too big, not too small. I like it. I am happy here and wouldn't dissuade anyone from La Liga coming.

Even Lionel Messi?

"Maybe in two years' or five years' time he will get bored with La Liga and want a change. I had my expectations before I came to England of what it would be like but now I've arrived it's like, 'Wow, I will have to raise my expectations'."

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