Surely, nobody will believe this if anyone says that Messi can ever think of leaving Camp Nou, and rightly so, as per the recent developments in soccer fraternity, he has turned down the mega rich transfer deal from a Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. Reportedly, Russian giant has offered an unprecedented figure of €250 million for the star Argentinian player. The bid is said to be for a five year contract that means Messi would have taken home a weekly salary of more than 560000 euros, which would have made him world’s highest paid player of all time. But, he did not think twice to say no to Russian aspirant who has already stolen many star players from many big clubs in the past. Like, Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o, who used to play with Messi for Barcelona FC, has been acquired by the same club in 2011 at €20 million per year prize tag, which is a highest paid amount till date.
As expected, Anzhi’s officials have completely denied offering such a mega million deal offer to Barca. Their marketing consultant German Tkachenko said over this, “There isn’t a shred of truth in it. Asking a question about this, let alone writing about it, shows a lack of understanding of how Anzhi’s sporting model is designed and what its principles and priorities are.” Messi has recently extended his contract with La Liga club until 2018 and have said on several occasions that he can never think of leaving his club, perhaps he would be more than happy to retire from the same club. Earlier too, there have many speculations been triggered by the media which say three time world champion could move to a Russian club if Barca is attracted by the deal price.
For now, there is another good news for Barca that their head coach Tito Vilanova will soon be a part of their prime squad. Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has confirmed about his fast recovery and coming back on his managerial duties in next 15 – 20 days. He said, “He will return to work in 15 or 20 days, but he will be going back and forth from the hospital and he will be resting. He’s going to combine the treatment with his work. The most important thing is his health. For the moment, football comes second.”
So, all Messi fans can relax a bit coz Messi has clearly turned down the offer no matter what the price tag it had.