English football club Chelsea is joining the ranks of suitors to woo Argentine football star Lionel Messi from Barcelona after he expressed his wish to leave for pastures new, according to Spanish football journalist Guillem Balagué in a YouTube video.
20 November 2020, 13:27 GMT
According to the pundit, if Messi departs from the club, the Blues "will be in the equation" to sign the star.
The footballer's contract ends next summer, but the 33-year-old forward said earlier this year that he wanted to terminate it. However, he later told the Goal.com website that he would stay on, "no matter how much he has wanted to go".
Since the announcement, the media have suggested the star could be transferred to Manchester City, France's Paris Saint-Germain or Italy's Juventus.
