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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