{"id":5889,"date":"2020-02-07T19:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=5889"},"modified":"2020-02-07T19:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:52:31","slug":"lionel-messi-tipped-for-incredible-premier-league-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/media-journalism\/lionel-messi-tipped-for-incredible-premier-league-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi tipped for incredible Premier League move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is being linked with a move to the Premier League this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old has 18-months left on his current contract but he has a clause in his contract\u00a0 allowing him to leave on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>But his future has been called into question following a row with sporting director Eric Abidal, and reports have now suggested that he could be on the move.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City have been long-term admirers of the Argentine and are now rated as the most likely to grab Messi &#8211; should he decide to leave the Catalan giants.<\/p>\n<p>OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton commented: &#8220;The rumours of Messi wanting to leave have been intense, but even if he were to leave there are only so many landing spots &#8211; one of those being City, who are favourites to be his next club at 2\/1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some even believe the Ronaldo-Messi axis, something we never thought could ever happen, could come to pass at Juventus and they are second favourites priced at 3\/1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Odds on Lionel Messi&#8217;s next club Man City<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nManchester City 2\/1<br \/>\nJuventus 3\/1<br \/>\nAny Argentinian Club 6\/1<br \/>\nParis Saint Germain 20\/1<br \/>\nManchester United 20\/1<br \/>\nLiverpool 33\/1<br \/>\nChelsea 50\/1<br \/>\nInter Milan 66\/1<br \/>\nBayern Munich 100\/1<br \/>\nReal Madrid 100\/1<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Odds correct at time of writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spokesman Peter Watton is available for further comment or one-on-one interviews on this subject or anything connected with a betting market \u2013 for more information please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:press@oddsmonkey.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press@oddsmonkey.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also check out all our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latest Press Releases\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which you are free to use<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gmail-alignnone gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-768x306.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is being linked with a move to the Premier League this summer. The 32-year-old has 18-months left on his current contract but he has a clause in his contract\u00a0 allowing him to leave on a free transfer. But his future has been called into question following a row with sporting director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[841,5046,6438,74,1640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-home","category-media-journalism","category-news-events","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Messi&#039;s Potential Move to Premier League: Latest Odds<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lionel Messi may leave Barcelona for Manchester City or Juventus. 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