Barca's Xavi believes there is no valuation that could buy Lionel Messi

Barcelona's star midfielder Xavier Hernandez has claimed that there is "not enough money in football" to buy his World Class team-mate Lionel Messi.

With talks of a £105m offer from Real Madrid for Tottenham's Gareth Bale, the Barca midfielder made a comparison of the Welsh International with his team-mate Lionel Messi.

The Spanish international admitted that Bale might be a good player, but he is not at Messi's level.

"There have been some big transfer fees already this summer," Xavi told the Mirror.

"And now £100m for Gareth Bale.

"I'm sure he's a good player, but when you're talking about £100m for players like that then there can't be enough money in football to buy Leo."