Lionel Messi has emerged as a shock target for Inter Milan as the Nerazzurri want the Argentine 'to rival Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus'.
Ronaldo ended his nine-year La Liga dual with Messi this summer as he swapped Madrid for Turin in a £88million move.
But now Inter are said to be plotting an audacious swoop for his fierce rival, according to interesting comments made by Pirelli CEO - and Inter fan - Marco Tronchetti Provera.
The quotes led to a front page story for Tuttosport on Tuesday as Tronchetti Provera suggested Suning, the club's owners, want to make a 'huge signing'.
'I hope that Suning, once Financial Fair Play will allow it, can make a huge signing,' said the CEO.
'Messi? How can you say no to Messi?'
Now back in the Champions League, Inter are building towards a serious assault on titles both domestically and in European competition and Messi would provide a huge boost in belief.
With both players approaching the tail end of their careers, there may be a temptation for the Argentine to try his hand outside of Spain.
Having lost Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain last summer for a world record deal, Barcelona will have no desires to sell their biggest star and asset and that is the biggest obstacle for the Italian side.
Tusaelrt
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I just want show this pic...... Messi ❤️❤️ ഇഷ്ടം
okotokro99
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Inter should stop dreaming and wake up.....the official lego of la liga season 2018/19 is finally out.....😂😂😂😂
nandini_messi_10
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he is golden hearted 💕💖
Yonacikn
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Ronaldo : Messi if you know you are a G. O. A. T like please meet me again in seria A. Messi :No, won't come unless a play with neymar and Suarez in the same team in seria A.
Messigician9703
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I know this is a little unreal but if this move happens by any chance, I may start following Serie A more but I will never stop supporting Barça. Visca El Barça
coolbeat
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new formula X + Y = Z X (world cup) + Y (club matches) = Z (messi) .....
prakashcr7
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Imagine the messi wearing inter milan shirt.
dadorius
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this should be considered as a joke of the century
Sukliehra_jr7
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even me I'm Barca fan n Ronaldo fans both they are great player.but nothing like Messi he's not at messi level.messi scored 91 goals in a calendar year than Ronaldo in his entire life at Manchester.even flotentino refuse him to pay a salaries to level with Messi. "45ml n 25 ml at real Madrid.You can increase your salary only when you play like Messi. words from Madrid President. Ronlado money effect
I just wan to show you this picture
kazekage7
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wena bafo O bolela toilet fela, Messi cannot leave Barcelona just bcoz he's willing to, but Barca will firstly allow that to heppen and again he's the highest paid player...and one more, his release clause is around 600 million euros
so does that mean he should play the way he does for Argentina? Messi is awesome he's capable of literally winning the Copa America singlehandedly but for some reason he still hasn't. which is what I'm talking about when I say he needs a certain group of players to be the best, how you interpret my statement is solely on you but the Messi in Barcelona and the Argentine Messi are two completely different players. can we say the same about the Sporting, Man U, R Madrid, Portuguese CR7 except the change in playing style throughout the years the outcomes are still the same, the guy has been beast irrespective of the colour he's wearing at the time or the teammates he has with him.
kazekage7
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yeah the best in sporting & Portugal lol. go check ur records well Mr man, he won nothing with sporting & not even best player of the league, he has played only 15 minutes of any national team finals where he was not even the best player in the competition not even in Portugal national team. Even as messi has not won world cup of copa America. he has been the best player in World cup, copa America and has taken his year to 1 junior world cup final, 4 national team finals were he was 4 times best out of the 5. no body stepped up to score in the finals just like others did in Portugal against France in Euro.
my point exactly... with Messi is always someone's fault if the team doesn't win but he's all super great when they do? are you that much of a hypocrite? Ronaldo didn't score against Liverpool in the UCL final but does that scratch off what he did on the way to the final? he might have not played the whole match against France but does that take away the effort he put in group stage and the goals he scored in the knockout stages? You like Messi, I get it and I don't blame you he's good but you have to admit that he's not really threatening at the biggest stage. as far as the finals Argentina lost, look at Di Maria stats on all the knockout stages and since he didn't play all those finals because of injury, tell me if he wasn't the most influential player in the Argentine squad. Ronaldo might have not won anything with Sporting but even he's still their best player, 9years later Man U still hasn't found a replacement for Ronaldo, Luis Figo is even forgotten to have once being the best Portuguese player because of CR7, George Best, De Cruyff, Pele, Puskas and more legends are now trailing CR7 in terms of overall stats. Say what you may but that guy is the best