Barcelona could lose Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez or Neymar because of their wage demands, claims club economic vice-president Javier Faus.
The trio have been in sparkling form since the turn of the year firing the Blaugrana all the way to the Champions League final in Berlin.
But with the financial landscape in European football changing Faus believes the likes of Chelsea or PSG have the economic power to persuade one of the superstar threesome to leave the Nou Camp.
Messi business: The Argentine superstar has tangled with Faus before
"We can no longer pay the most in terms of wages," Faus told German newspaper Handelsblatt. "That's now Chelsea and PSG.
"You have to understand that players [in Spain] always compare their net pay to those of the Premier League or the Bundesliga, who have pushed costs up dramatically.
"It will be a challenge but we want to avoid letting Messi, Neymar or Suarez go ... but, if a club has the potential to take them away because of their chequebook, then they will go.
"The players have a very short career and are entitled to charge what other clubs can pay for their services."
Faus infamously fell out with star man Messi last winter over the Argentine's alleged contract demands.
But he now says the pair have ironed out the differences in their working relationship.
"Messi is right: I do not understand football," he added. "It was just a misunderstanding that we clarified with his father and him.
"Then, we agreed a new contract and now we have a kind of partnership: we help him increase his market value and he helps us to protect the Barca brand."
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