Monday, 27th January, 2014
Lionel Messi has once again been declared off-limits by Barcelona, despite seeing some fantastical offers being lined up, seemingly from Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG were reportedly readying a €250m bid for Messi, after the last few months saw some cracks in the Argentine's relationship with the club.
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Messi had hit out at Barcelona board member Javier Faus, who claimed the club were not obliged to offer the forward a new contract.
However, with Barcelona in a period of transition following Sandro Rosell's resignation as president, his successor Josep Maria Bartomeu has vowed to give his all to keep Messi.
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"Messi is not for sale," Bartomeu told RAC1. "We want to sit down with his father and his agent [over his renewal].
"He will be the highest-paid [player] because he deserves it. It is not imminent because the players are now focused on the competition."
Messi has had a productive return to football after nearly two months out with injury, though he is on a goalless run of eight games in La Liga.
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