Abramovich on Friday asked for an urgent meeting with the Messi team because he wanted to sign Argentina captain before the end of the summer transfer window.
The report claimed that Abramovich made a decision after seeing Premier League rivals, Manchester City covered Messi.
Remember that City Man manager Pep Guardiola has been on Friday confirmed that the club would not sign Messi because they had signed Jack Greals for £ 100 million.
Barcelona officially announced on Thursday that their captain, Messi, will leave Camp Nou as a free agent this summer.
Messi's contract with the Catalan club ended on July 1 and he believed to have agreed to new requirements.
However, new contracts could not be resolved "due to financial and structural problems.