2. FFP calling
Signing a player 5 years ago for some crazy money was possible but in this era of Financial Fair Play, signing someone for 200 million Euros is just not viable for a club to run. Chelsea would have to balance the books incredibly well to ensure they do not fall foul to the Financial Fair Play rules; they dodged FFP this season after the sale of David Luiz and Juan Mata earlier in the season.
Chelsea have been looking to increase their profits while running the club in a more organic manner, earlier this season they recorded the best profit under the Abramovich era and are slowly and steadily heading towards becoming a self-run club which does not rely on the owner.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck stated this after the news of the record profits were announced earlier in the month.
“In the era of FFP, we must progress commercially to continue the circle of success to invest in the team and get results.”
Signing Messi just will not be a logical expenditure.