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Reason Lionel Messi has cost Barcelona several big-name transfer signings emerges

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Barcelona icon Lionel Messi is said to hold a lot of power at the Catalan outfit. But rather than the attacker personally vetoing potential transfers, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu reckons players have actually turned down a move to the Nou Camp because of the Argentinian.

Messi has spearheaded numerous Barcelona title charges in recent seasons, with a wealth of talent around him. And players have often been put off a move to the club as they feel they will be in the 32-year-old's shadow. "Not all the players I wanted to sign have come to Barcelona," Bartomeu explained two years ago. "I have examples that I cannot say - very important players now playing at other clubs. "We told them to come, they were excited but at the last moment

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