Chelsea go for Messi: the Champions League champion joins the race for the Argentine star

08/06/2021 11:35

• Clarín.com

• sports

Updated 08/06/2021 11:35

The departure of Lionel Messi from Barcelona is a fact and the best footballer in the world is looking for a club.

After the blow that meant being forced to leave the culé team, the Rosario star is forced to analyze offers and decide where he will continue his career.

And in the last hours, the most heard option of Paris Saint Germain is added that of a great from England, Chelsea, brand new champion of the Champions League.

According to reports from Spain, the London club, led by Russian magnate

Román Abramovich

, would have asked the people who manage Messi for a meeting to try to seduce the captain of the Argentine National Team.

Román Abramóvich and Chelsea captain César Azpilicueta together with the Champions League, in Lisbon.

Photo: Adam Davy / PA Wire / dpa.

This situation occurs in the middle of Chelsea's negotiations with Inter for the services of Belgian Romelu Lukaku, which seemed to be on track just when the bomb linked to Messi exploded in Barcelona.

"The idea is to move forward with Lukaku and at the same time listen to Messi's claims," ​​explains the newspaper AS.

Although PSG seemed to move first, the choice between one and the other would have to do with personal and sporting reasons.

No one doubts that the Messi would acclimatize better in Paris, surrounded by friends like Neymar, Paredes and Di María.

All this without forgetting that the DT is the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino.

Messi, Neymar, Paredes, Di María and Verratti.

However, the footballing challenge that would generate Messi joining the Champions League champion, playing in the super competitive Premier League against giants such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham, among others, is an ingredient that could twist the game. balance when making decisions.

In favor of Chelsea, Abramovich already took out the calculator and it is known that if the numbers close him, his pulse does not shake to put the money.

Last year, in the midst of a pandemic, the Russian businessman made headlines by spending $ 100 million on Kai Havertz, and the German youth ended up giving him the Champions League, scoring 1-0 against City in Lisbon.

Will England, the country of football's creators, be Messi's new home?

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