Friday 25 July 2014
Madrid: Some leading sports websites are claiming that Lionel Messi was interested in a transfer to English Premier League club Arsenal before signing an extension with the Catalan giants in May 2014.
The 27-year-old was locked in contract extension talks with Barcelona & reportedly bonus payments was a cause for concern for both parties.
Leading Spanish website Vozpopuli claimed that Messi had asked Barca teammate & former Arsenal midfielder, Cesc Fabregas, who joined Chelsea in the summer, to talk to his agent Darren Dein about a move to the London based club.
Messi has a buy-out clause approximately around a whopping 197 m Pounds & the Argentine player earns a massive 16 m pounds a year in wages.
