Barcelona star Lionel Messi joins Manchester City after becoming free agent? Here's the truth

With Barcelona star Lionel Messi ending his contract with Spanish side and becoming a free agent, a tweet went viral on social media claiming that Argentina star has joined English Premier League side Manchester City.

It is to be noted that Messi has become a free agent for the first time in 17 years. A Twitter user with a blue tick verified account teased everyone by changing his username to Manchester City and then posting that Messi has joined Manchester City. The July 1 post from a blue tick verified account that looks similar to the original City account left millions of football fans across the world completely stunned.

Here is the much-talked-about post:

Netizens took to Twitter to express their views over the post.

“Always hilarious when someone sacrifices a verified account for a prank. This one is on an epic scale,” a Twitter user responded.

There is no denying the fact that Messi has been linked with Manchester City several times in the past. Some reports even claimed that Messi also called City coach Pep Guardiola and expressed his desire to play in English Premier League. It seems that this could become reAlity as the 34-year-old legendary footballer is a free agent now.

Messi won 35 titles in 17 seasons with Barcelona and played an important role in helping the Spanish giants win the Champions League four times, the Spanish league 10 times, the Copa del Rey 7 times and the Spanish Super Cup 8 times.