Bayern Munich cannot afford to join the bidding for Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi, claims the club’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
An exit door at Camp Nou has been opened by a six-time Ballon d’Or winner.
Unsurprisingly, leading sides from across Europe are scrambling to position themselves at the front of the queue for an all-time great.
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If a deal is to be done for Messi, then he will be joining a side that can match his ambition.
Bayern, as treble winners in 2020, would form part of an elite group that could offer the Argentine shots at the domestic and continental crowns he craves.