Arturo Vidal and Lionel Messi are set to call each other teammates as the Chilean international is set to complete a transfer to Barcelona.

Ahead of the pair of South Americans linking up, we remember what the robust midfielder said about Messi.

Vidal has been subject to intense transfer speculation with a host of clubs eyeing him up.

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Manchester United and Manchester City as well as Inter Milan, to name but a few, were heavily linked with his services.

However, in the eleventh hour, Barcelona have entered the race and are on the verge of snapping him up for a reported £26.7 million.

He'll reportedly join Barcelona's squad, making him club colleagues with Messi.

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Image: PA

Vidal and Messi have plenty of history with the pair locking horns on the international stage, most notably in the Copa America finals where Chile beat Argentina.

And just a few weeks ago, Vidal was asked whether he feared Messi.

"Do I fear him or does he fear me? I don't fear him, but you have to ask him if he was left with fear," he said via ESPN.

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* Arturo Vidal walking into Barcelona locker rooms *



Leo Messi: *Looks at Vidal, Flashbacks of Copa America 2016*



Messi: pic.twitter.com/BWkx1AUG7W

- Mi12on:soccer: (@miltonthegr8) August 4, 2018

Vidal added: "I've beaten him in all the finals -- and if we were to meet again, we [Chile] would win again.



"I don't fear anything -- on the pitch we are all equal. I defend my jersey and my national team to the death. If I can, I give it all on the pitch.

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"The Argentinians dream about me! It was joyful to win a Copa America. For Chileans, it's not easy to reach a final and win it, more so against the Argentinians. But we got two Copas and that will always be there."



Interesting.