Jose Mourinho has again dismissed any suggestion Chelsea could sign
Lionel Messi, telling BT Sport that financial fair play rules mean the
Blues cannot sign a "super amazing player."
Argentine channel DirecTV had reported last month that Mourinho had
approved a deal to sign Messi, which the Daily Express claimed would be
worth 200 million pounds, but the Blues boss told a news conference the stories were "obviously" not true.
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has said in recent days that he
would love to see his former Barcelona teammate at Stamford Bridge,
telling Radio Marca:
"I wish! Why not? I'd love that to happen. I'd be all for it. As a
Barca man, I believe that Messi deserves to retire at Barca for all that
he has given the club.
"He is a legend that has changed Barca history but, as his teammate
and friend, without doubt I'd love to have Leo by my side. This season
Barca are Messi and 10 others. Messi has saved his team on many
occasions."
Mourinho, though, maintains there is no prospect of Chelsea making
such a signing under the financial restrictions now imposed by UEFA.
"No, we have no chance of that," he told presenter Clare Balding for an interview to be broadcast on BT on Christmas Day.
"Because there is at this moment the financial fair play and with the
financial fair play we have to follow certain rules, certain numbers,
and we obviously have no conditions to buy, as you were saying, a 'super
amazing player' obviously paid with super amazing numbers that Chelsea
in this moment we cannot do."
Asked how much Barca would require to sell the player, he replied: "I
don't even know because I don't think they ask because I don't think
they want to sell, so it's even more difficult for everyone."
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