Chelsea will bid 80m for Messi

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According to The Telegraph !

Chelsea to launch £80m bid for Lionel Messi

By Telegraph staff and agencies
Last Updated: 12:20pm BST 04/05/2008

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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has authorised manager Avram Grant to make an £80 million bid for Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, according to reports.
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The News of the World suggests that the Barca board are split on whether to sell or not, considering the huge amount of money on offer.

Chelsea to launch £80m bid for Lionel Messi
Record: The wages on offer by Chelsea could lure Lionel Messi from Barcelona to Stamford Bridge

Should Messi move to Stamford Bridge it will shatter the current world transfer record of £46.5m that Real Madrid paid Juventus for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.

Abramovich is adamant that Chelsea must start playing attractive, attacking football and was rumoured to have lined up a swoop for Ronaldinho, before the Brazilian's sudden dip in form.

Messi, however, has shone for Barcelona, and even outplayed Cristiano Ronaldo during his club's Champions League semi-final defeat to Manchester United.

A source close to the proposed deal is quoted as saying: "Roman is convinced Messi could change the whole face of Chelsea and is willing to spend what it takes to get him.
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"He has always wanted that type of player. Under Jose Mourinho he accepted the football because it was bringing in the trophies, but he got bored.

"Grant wants to change things but explained it takes time and a lot of money to alter the style. Now is the time for Roman to finance that change.

"Chelsea are attractive because of the wages on offer, and they are in the Champions League final."

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[Red_Polo]

Disgusts me how much they spend.

[Guest]

Them and manure have been buying titles after titles.

[mickeydocs]

Maybe if DIC buy us we can compete for this signing )

[-V-]

Doesn't matter who owns us, we could never compete with that kind of money. And i would not expect any owner to pay that kind of money for 1 player

Regardless, Messi was raised by Barcelona and i doubt very much that he would ever want to leave Barca. I even doubt Barca would sell him at any price

[dom9]

Them and manure have been buying titles after titles.

and Liverpool didn't in the 80s?

[Guest]

and Liverpool didn't in the 80s?

We weren't the richest !!!!! Manure was but they did nought with their money!

[dom9]

We weren't the richest !!!!! Manure was but they did nought with their money!

I don't think so. Liverpool were loaded in those days, compared to the others certainly. United didn't start to make serious money until the 90s.

[Nic83]

Waste of time, they won't get him for 200mil

[Johnny]

Maybe it`s time for a wage/transfer cap to level the playing field.



If 10 teams bid 20 million for Messi then we`d have a chance of Signing Messi because of our History,Class and Manager.

[Fiddy]

Waste of time, they won't get him for 200mil

Funnily enough I think 200m would just about do it...

[Dave Benson Phillips]

I don't think so. Liverpool were loaded in those days, compared to the others certainly. United didn't start to make serious money until the 90s.

Ferguson spent loads towards the end of the 80's, there was a big spree on Pallister, Ince etc but I can't be bothered to look it up now..Regardless youre wrong

[CJ]

didnt our chief exec (Robinson? i think) said in the 80s that when United sort out there commercial side that they would be the richest club in the country.

And the top teams all buy the league. success allows you to buy the best players and gives you better support.

you can have good acadamies etc but over a long period of time success means money means the best players.

in the simplest of terms

[GypsyRed]

Then Chelsea would be idiots. Give Barca £80m to spend and they'd end up the stronger.

[dom9]

Ferguson spent loads towards the end of the 80's, there was a big spree on Pallister, Ince etc but I can't be bothered to look it up now..Regardless youre wrong

I always thought the 80s lasted 10 years. Pallister and Ince did cost a bit, but like you say that was towards the end of that decade. At the same time, we bought Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge, Houghton and Rush for big money.