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Lionel Messi vetoes the signing of Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt

Luka Jovic in action against his former club Benfica

With Luis Suarez's contributions in Europe dwindling to a trickle, Barcelona are very much expected to splash the cash in the summer to rope in a top striker. However, things may not pan out as they would have initially planned as none other than Lionel Messi seems to have vetoed the signing of Luka Jovic from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Jovic has been one of the revelations of the season and has been Frankfurt's top scorer this term. He has been the subject of interest of several top clubs across Europe with Barcelona and Real Madrid being the most prominent of them.

However, Messi thinks Luis Suarez's presence on the pitch is something the Cules cannot do without and he does not want a player who will take a lot of minutes away from the Uruguayan.

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