Paris Saint Germain
Much like City, compliance with UEFA regulations would be the only financial barrier to a PSG move for Messi, with the club also being richly funded by Middle Eastern investment. More of an issue for the French side may be persuading Messi to move to Ligue 1, a league that lacks the competitiveness of La Liga or the Premier League, despite the fine challenge put up by Marseille and Lyon this season. There is also the thorny issue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic – friction between the Swede and Edinson Cavani have shown that there can only really be one main man at the Parc des Princes.