BREAKING: Messi in talks with Chelsea, The Blues are ready to pay £110 million for the striker

According to The Sun, Lionel Messi’s father has met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Messi’s father met Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea, on his yacht Eclipse.

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According to the source, Chelsea attempt to manoeuvre themselves into pole position if Messi intends to leave Barcelona in the wake of his tax fraud case.

This comes days after the Barcelona forward and his father Jorge were sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud.

Chelsea chiefs have been monitoring the tax fraud case which saw both Leo and his father convicted.

The Sun reports that Chelsea are ready to offer Barcelona around £110 million for the 29-year-old and will better the forward’s current deal with the Spanish champions, which currently stands at £600,000 a week.

The Eclipse is the world’s second largest yacht and was built at a cost of £1.5billion

Seems that the blues are not the only ones in the race to win the striker as Manchester City have also registered their interest with £800,000-a-week offer.

Source: The Sun || The African Post