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NewsColony Man City players joked about Messi and Ronaldo signings after takeover – Zabaleta The Argentine defender admits the superstars’ names were even put up in the dressing room as the club began splashing the cash Pablo Zabaleta revealed Manchester City players were putting Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo up in the locker room after being taken over in 2008. Zabaleta joined City from Espanyol in that year as the Abu Dhabi United Group took over the club, leading to big spending by the Premier League outfit. The full-back said City players were preparing to welcome Barcelona star Messi and Ronaldo to the club. “Ten days after my arrival, the purchase of the club by the people of Abu Dhabi is executed,” Zabaleta told La Nacion . “Four days later, they invest £40 million for Robinho and there I said, ‘Now what do I do? I’m going to last six months here.’ “We took it a bit as a joke and…in the locker room we started putting ‘Messi’, ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’. We were sh*ttin...