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Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has denied reports that the club were in the running to sign Lionel Messi, admitting that they never had a hope of landing El Cholo's compatriot from Barcelona.
While Messi has been reunited with one-third of the famous MSN partnership at Paris Saint-Germain in Neymar, there was speculation that Luis Suarez could be the one lining up alongside him for the 2021-22 season.
Simeone, though, poured cold water on those rumours and affirmed there was no contact between his employers and the Argentina ace.
"You can see that Barcelona's situation caused this exit and that it was huge for our league because of the standing Messi has in La Liga and in Barcelona," Simeone explained to reporters in a press conference held on Saturday.
"It is clear that we were not talking to him and did not have the slightest chance of taking him.
La Liga is now without both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two figures that have symbolised the Spanish top flight over the last decade and a half.
Simeone, though, believes there is life after the megastars, pointing to the Premier League to show that the world does not have to stop just because the perennial Ballon d'Or contenders are elsewhere.
"I understand that in the English league Messi and Ronaldo are not there either and it is one of the biggest leagues in the world," he added.
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