Inter snub Buffon & Messi Monday 8 January, 2007 Inter owner Massimo Moratti has distanced the club from rumours suggesting they will attempt to sign Gigi Buffon and Lionel Messi. The Juventus goalkeeper and the Barcelona sensation have been named as possible summer transfer objectives, but Moratti insists he has no thoughts of getting out his chequebook. “With all the admiration that we may have for Buffon, we don’t have this kind of necessity,” Moratti told Inter Channel. “As a result, we are not in the chase 梊 at this moment in time 梊 to sign him at the end of the season.” Inter were apparently ready to make a ?0?525m bid for the Italian, while Moratti was allegedly prepared to splash out over ?0?570m for the Argentine. “Everyone is now talking about how I am supposedly crazy about signing Messi, ” added the President. “The reality is that I spoke well of him two years ago when he made his debut for the Argentine Under-21 side. “We haven’t had the slightest of contact with him since then. “It is true that I admire him and I think he is a great player, but we do not have the need for him at this moment. “Seeing as Messi would not come on a free transfer, it is better to not think about such things presently…” Newspaper reports this morning suggested that Messi would consider the option of leaving the Nou Camp at the end of the season. Inter, who currently lead Serie A, were allegedly ready to almost double his current ?0?52.1m salary to ?0?53.9m. -- --

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