Lionel Messi to Bayern? Rummenigge explains what speaks against it

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As CEO of Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge never seriously considered signing superstar Lionel Messi.

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“The salary level would have been pulled up with us, as it happened at Barcelona, ​​via Messi. The second problem: I can hardly imagine a Messi in a country like Germany,” he told Sport Bild. One of the reasons for this is the German culture of envy.

Messi recently left FC Barcelona after 21 years and moved to Paris St. Germain. Messi reportedly agreed to forego half of his salary at Barca. But the financially troubled club was not allowed to raise this salary either. The financial fair play of the Spanish league left no scope for a contract extension.

Paris Saint-Germain not only want to take a leap in marketing with the signing of Messi, but also finally want to win the Champions League.

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PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi underlined: “He has made no secret of the fact that he wants to continue playing at the highest level and win trophies. And our ambitions as a club are the same.”

Messi reportedly collects between 35 and 40 million euros per year at PSG and receives hand money of a similar magnitude.

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Rummenigge, who handed over his position at Bayern to Oliver Kahn at the beginning of July, is concerned about developments on the transfer market. “We must all, especially German football, have a great interest in finding regulations. Otherwise German football will be left behind on the international scene,” he said, speaking out in favor of “international regulation”.

According to Rummenigge, this already exists with financial fair play, “just needs to be adapted and used and demanded more stringently,” said the 65-year-old. In the course of this, Rummenigge demanded a “specific catalog of penalties”.

Especially Paris St. Germain and the English heavyweights Manchester City, Chelsea FC and Manchester United are causing a stir in the current transfer phase. “At the moment you get the impression that the English are marching on on the transfer market as if Corona had never happened,” said Rummenigge. Reasons for this are “three times as high TV revenues as in the Bundesliga” and “very rich owners in the background”.

While City Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) for 118 million euros and city rival United Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) for 85 million euros, Chelsea is facing the signing of star striker Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) for 115 million euros.

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