Inter Milan said they have no financial means to engineer a deal to sign Lionel Messi, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner, a club official said.
“I don’t know where some ideas can come from,” Inter sporting director Piero Ausilio told Sky Sport Italia.
“Our reality is a sensible transfer market.”
Ausilio debunked speculations that the club was making any plan to sign Messi.
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“No coach, no president wouldn’t want Messi in their team. But the reality is very different,” he added, as the Italian transfer window officially opened on Tuesday.
Speculations have linked the Serie A runners-up with a move for Messi along with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.
Ausilio insisted Lautaro Martinez will stay in the club despite longstanding interest from Barcelona.
He also said the club was in negotiations with Roma to sign Serbian defender Aleksandar Kolarov.
