Man city apparently offered a blank check (and probably some petroleum well) for Messi. Should'nt be anything more than a pretentious arab joke....
And Barca wants their prodigal son Fabregas back at nou camp for 50m euro. Overpriced in my opinion, but Barca wants to relieve iniesta somewhat in that midfield position and the amount had to be sth like this to make Arsenal think....