Messi Working On Milito Barça Move
Leo Messi believes that FC Barcelona should step up0 their pursuit of Gabriel Milito and has been trying to persuade the player to join him at Camp Nou.
zoom - galleria The duo are both on international duty for Argentina at the Copa América in Venezuela and discuss life at the Catalan club.
Barça are in the market for a central defender and have Milito in their sights after refusing to pay the asking price for AS Roma's Christian Chivu.
Milito has already informed his current club, Real Zaragoza, that he intends to leave this summer and the Aragón-based outfit are waiting for a club to match their asking price.
Juventus have also been storngly linked, but Barça are confident that they can match the Italian's offer and equal their personal terms.
The Blaugrana may have the upper hand after the Copa América finishes as Messi has been spending time trying to persuade Milito to join him at the club.
"It would be wonderful, Gabi is a great player, I would love him to sign for Barça," Messi explained.
"His arrival would strengthen the defence and bringing in players of his quality is very important.
"He has everything. He is solid, very strong and is great in the air.
"He is a winner and always transmits that, he really does not like to lose.
"Also, he is a great person, a really good guy, and it would be fantastic if he could play for us.
"We have talked many times in training and, although we do not have much information, we speak about all kinds of things."
Goal.com