Must have left City fan furious but anyway on a plus note at least Manchester City can focus on other players at least after Messi ended all the speculations and drama going around him. He clearly doesn't likes how club is led under Bartomeu so perhaps this drama might start again in a year or two but for now Messi is going nowhere.
City fans right now might not want to hear Messi's name ever mentioned again at the etihad, tbh, I predicted the outcome to be exactly this and now even if he leaves next season for free, I don't know if city will be interested again, he'll be 34 and his wages is really big, Messi may end up never playing in the epl, I really wanted to see him play in the premier league.
For city and their transfer business, this news should have disrupted them a bit. The attention shifted from Koulibaly (who should have been their priority) to Messi, now City need to focus on getting the Napoli defender and add few other players and get ready for next season, Pep has a career defining season ahead of him next season, if he fails, fans may start questioning how good pep actually is.