Barcelona may be forced to sell Messi, Neymar, Suarez; Arsenal after Bender

Financial issues may force Barcelona to sell one or all three of their world-class strikers.
The winter window draws closer with each passing day, and the transfer rumor mill is starting to pick up steam. As always, Transfer Talk has the latest and greatest. See all the summer deals here.

TOP STORY: Barca's hand forced on big-three sale?

The perils of being the best -- and having three of the best players on the planet -- are front-and-Centre for Luis Enrique and Barcelona. On the field, things are just fine, with Lionel Messi returning from injury to rejoin forces with Neymar and Luis Suarez, who admirably kept the Catalans' ship pointed in the right direction in the absence of their Argentine talisman.
But it's on the financial ledger where things aren't quite so grand for Barcelona and it could force the Primera Division giants to sell one or all three of their superstars, according to The Sun.
The outlet is reporting that the combined wage bill for the club is a staggering 73 percent of the revenue they take in. That news, along with a planned £423 million renovation to the Camp Nou, has the team on the brink of a financial crisis.
The sublime play of the threesome has the Premier League's big spenders lying in wait if indeed a fire sale is in the offing in January. Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu insists none of his white-hot stars will be sold, but Manchester City have been regularly linked with a move for Messi and their crosstown rivals at Old Trafford are said to be smitten with Neymar.
The way this is currently going, things could get pretty hot in the winter window. Here, Graham Hunter explains some of the club's revenue-boosting options in his latest column.

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