{"id":396198,"date":"2017-06-16T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/barca-discussed-selling-messi-to-inter\/"},"modified":"2017-06-16T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:58:56","slug":"barca-discussed-selling-messi-to-inter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/16\/barca-discussed-selling-messi-to-inter\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Barca Discussed Selling Messi To Inter’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inter were prepared to meet the Argentine\u2019s buy-out clause in 2006, but Barca stood firm and ensured that a mercurial talent remained on their books.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi is being backed to remain at Barcelona by Joan Laporta, but he admits that he feared losing the Argentine to Inter in 2006.<\/p>\n

Speculation is once again surrounding the future of the five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner, with no extension agreed as yet to a contract due to expire in 2018.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time that Barca have found themselves in such a situation, though, with Messi having been the subject of record-breaking interest in the past.<\/p>\n

Inter were prepared to spend big on taking him to Italy a few years after his breakthrough at Camp Nou, but Laporta and Co. stood firm to ensure that no deal was done.<\/p>\n

The former Barca president told The Guardian when asked if Messi ever came closing to leaving during his reign: \u201cIt was 2006 when Inter made an offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were prepared to pay the \u20ac150m buy-out clause, which is why we [later] raised it to \u20ac250m, but I always felt reassured by my relationship with his dad, Jorge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him: \u2018They\u2019ll have to pay the clause because I won\u2019t sell. He\u2019ll be happy here, he\u2019ll get glory. There, he\u2019ll only win financially. Your son\u2019s destined to be the greatest in history and here he\u2019ll have a team to help get there. He\u2019ll enjoy it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Laporta added: \u201cI\u2019m very\u00a0Cruyffista but what Leo does \u2013 and I talked about this a lot with Johan \u2013 makes him the best in history. Johan said so too.<\/p>\n

\u201cMessi\u2019s football is beautiful and effective. For me the best ever are Cruyff, Maradona and Messi. Leo\u2019s a mix of Cruyff and Maradona, but he is Leo Messi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since seeing a move to Italy blocked, Messi has been heavily linked with a possible switch to England \u2013 with the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea boasting the financial firepower required to put a deal in place.<\/p>\n

No transfer has ever been done, but Laporta is among those adamant that the mercurial South America would have caught the eye in the Premier League had he ever found himself on that stage.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cOf course he could do it in England. He has a gift. He could do it covered in mud in the pouring rain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u00a0has\u00a0done it. He\u2019s played in England and been spectacular, he adapts to any circumstance, any conditions. And I love the fact that he enjoys himself and never complains, never dives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet he has character: it\u2019s a mistake for opponents to forget that.\u00a0It happened at the Bernab\u00e9u: the moment they hit him [Marcelo split Messi\u2019s lip], that was it.\u00a0Grrr\u00a0and off he went.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having worked hard to keep Messi on their books, Barca have been rewarded with a club-record 507 goals in just 583 appearances.<\/p>\n

Those efforts have helped the club to eight La Liga titles, four Champions League successes and three Club World Cup wins.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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