Ibrahimovic’s agent tells Messi to dump Barcelona

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s agent, Mino Raiola, has urged Lionel Messi to leave Barcelona.

Messi is yet to put pen to paper on a new contract, despite agreeing fresh terms.

There is uncertainty over his future at Barca, with Manchester City managed by his former boss Pep Guardiola, believed to be keen on his signature.

Raiola, who also represents Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Marco Verratti, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, believes the time is right for a change.

“A player like Messi must try another experience with a different club and prove how great he is,” he told Marca.

“Barcelona must be reinvented again.”

Raiola also spoke on Neymar’s world-record €222million move to Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

“The market, as such, no longer exists. Now it is countries who are signing players and that isn’t football.

“But transfers of €200m are going to be normal from now on, it won’t be crazy to see that,” he added.

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