INTER MILAN are plotting to launch a sensational Lionel Messi transfer after the Europa League final, according to reports.
The Serie A giants take on Sevilla in the Europa showpiece in Cologne tonight.
Lionel Messi is being lined up by Inter Milan for what would be an incredible transfer this summerCredit: AP:Associated Press
But after the match is done, La Gazzetta dello Sport reckon their attention will turn to their transfer window and landing Messi.
The Barcelona great, 33, could be on course to leave his boyhood club after a series of disagreements and fallouts with the board.
He held crisis talks with new manager Ronald Koeman on Thursday, cutting his holiday short for the personal chat.
And according to RAC1 he dropped the bombshell that he sees his future away from Barcelona, the club he joined aged 13 and for whom he has scored 634 goals.
Even though Barca president Josep Bartomeu said on Tuesday that he will be staying put, Messi is thought to be giving serious consideration to leaving.
He has one year left on his current contract and reportedly added that he sees himself more “out of the club than in it”.
And despite links surrounding a reunion with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, Inter are the favourites should Messi leave.
The Argentine icon’s dad, Jorge, has even splashed out on a luxury pad in an exclusive region in Milan, further suggesting a move for his son could be imminent.
And their former president Massimo Moratti reckons Suning Holdings, Inter’s current owners, have “everything it takes” in their power to prise Messi away from the Nou Camp.
Barcelona are very interested in signing Lautaro Martinez so there is the outside possibility of a swap deal of some kind being agreed, although a clause in his Nou Camp contract could see him quit for free.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reckon Inter’s attention will turn from the Europa League final straight to signing Lionel Messi
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