This is one Transfer that could never happen

[Bender]

Or could it ?
Real Madrid are planning another record breaking transfer deal this summer with a £120million offer for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi.

It is a deal which is designed to send shock waves through world football as Real Madrid plan to upset their fiercest rivals by going for their best player.

Real Madrid paid a world record £80m to Manchester United last summer for Cristiano Ronaldo but have struggled to topple Barcelona in La Liga.

The original plan was to make the £120million offer - which is the buy-out figure written into Messi's contract - during the week of the Champions League final to detract from Barcelona playing in the Bernabeu.


But Barcelona's semi final exit has now meant they will not have to do it in that timescale but president Florentino Perez still intends to make a shock offer to show that Real Madrid mean business again this summer.

Last summer, Real Madrid spent in excess of £220million on Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Alvaro Arbeloa and Raul Albiol.

But it has failed to deliver the Champions League to Real Madrid and now they plan to steal Barcelona's thunder by making a bid for Messi.

Real Madrid do not expect that Barcelona will agree to the sale and the bid will ultimately fail but it shows that they can still outgun when it comes to spending power.
From The Daily Mirror.......

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

No.

[darkstar]

Where are Platini and Blatter at for this one? All you hear about is the excessive spending in the EPL, Real Madrid is never mentioned. I can't stand Real, and their attitude of thinking they can walk into any club, tap up any member of their squad, and think they are deserving of "higher" standards.

[JohnDoe]

Why would Messi go there?

[Guest]

Why would Messi go there?

Money? Or maybe Rafa Benitez.

[-V-]

Impossible. Messi is a god at Barcelona. And he's an adopted Catalan. You know what they say, more than just a football club

[Darth Marty]

thats a lot of cash though..............

[leftpeg]

Madrid can just **** right off. I hope they never win anything ever again.

[darkstar]

Madrid can just **** right off. I hope they never win anything ever again.

[Endless Dream]

I don't think Messi will ever leave for anything less than 200 mil, when you get to 200mil even Barca would start to think about the possibility!!

[CJ]

two huge clubs

Barca

real

a huge huge gulf in class isnt there

[Mostar]

Impossible. Messi is a god at Barcelona. And he's an adopted Catalan. You know what they say, more than just a football club

He would never leave. Recently he proclaimed his love for Barca (Chavs rumors) till eternity and I don't think any money to him would make any difference.

[hertsred]

This looks very like their last galacticos era. Buy a large number of very good/great individuals and then throw them all together and you have to win everything in sight, right? Well, no actually. Last time it was a complete failure, and probably will be this time too. It's just too hard to reconcile all the different egos in the changing room, and that undermines the team effort.

[Bender]

don't think it's as far fetched as some might think ......imagine if they sold messi and in return signed ribery and torres ......?not saying they will but the thing with football is anything can happen in the crazy world of football

[ronanm]

Figo moved so u never know