Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[SebastianBlue]

Where’s Tolmie when you need him ?

At the gym... allegedly.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Another hour, another Learjet from southern Spain, approaching UK. this one further west and still high...

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On the Laporte thread, we caught the flight going from Madrid to Bilbao because City's team had to clear the transfer with the league first, before picking up AL and flying to Manchester. Not sure if that would need to happen here because the circumstances are different, but just FYI.

Also I'd bet it won't be a Lear. It will be bigger (GS or GLEX or Challenger, minimum).

 

[SebastianBlue]

The whole point of the original billboard was the "United are not in Manchester" joke.

So you get the multiple layers of the joke?

 

[lazerblue]

what kind of field ? James bond style ?

it might have swooped for messi to parachute down to a waiting tractor to spirit him away

 

[Gremlin]

Well spotted if true. That is significant

Happened a while back, apparently. Nothing to see here, unfortunately.

 

[Chi-town blues]

At the gym... allegedly.

I see . He is flexing his muscle.

 

[domalino]

So you get the multiple layers of the joke?

There's no layers to it with Messi.

 

[vmsuhail]

Jamie Jackson with a positive article on City.

Messi at Manchester City would bring fantasy football to England | Jamie Jackson

Reuniting the Argentinian with Pep Guardiola would set the Premier League alight, and transform the way City are viewed

www.theguardian.com

 

[Neville Kneville]

The whole point of the original billboard was the "United are not in Manchester" joke.

That's why it was great, because he was coming from United. You can't just replicate it with any massive signing.

Meh.

It'll do fine

 

[chaddblue]

The whole point of the original billboard was the "United are not in Manchester" joke.

That's why it was great, because he was coming from United. You can't just replicate it with any massive signing.

Yep.. which is why the Glasgow pisscan got so upset calling us smalltime lol

 

[JASR]

On the Laporte thread, we caught the flight going from Madrid to Bilbao because City's team had to clear the transfer with the league first, before picking up AL and flying to Manchester. Not sure if that would need to happen here because the circumstances are different, but just FYI.

Also I'd bet it won't be a Lear. It will be bigger (GS or GLEX or Challenger, minimum).

It's keeping me occupied. :-)

 

[lancs blue]

Now that . . . THAT is fucking WEAK.

"Not interested." Even the raggy fans are having a go at that.

It's a stark admission of the realities, that's the Glazers' annual bonus down the pan to pay his wages and they realise he's probably not that arsed anyway.

 

[nmc]

Sky really don't want him to come here.

Too right they don’t. They’d prefer the PL to miss out on Messi and him go to PSG.

 

[Josh_D]

People’s reaction if this does happen in the end:

 

[Northblue]

2. On his IG he was following only one club, Barca. But then he started following City. He follows no other football team.

Just checked this minute and he's following Chelsea too

Edit: Sorry, just realised about 50 people have pointed that out already lol

 

[SebastianBlue]

The whole point of the original billboard was the "United are not in Manchester" joke.

That's why it was great, because he was coming from United. You can't just replicate it with any massive signing.

I think you are taking a random joke meme far too seriously.

 

[domalino]

I think you are taking a random joke meme far too seriously.

Sorry, it is a pet peeve of mine because City twitter accounts mock them up every time we sign someone, and so do United ones with Bruno Fernandes and anyone else they sign.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

It's keeping me occupied. :-)

The Laporte flight tracking thread was fantastic.

Best was the Delph medical thread though -- Bluemoon knew we had him before the English press did because we had someone at the hospital who saw him come in. That was glorious.

 

[Chi-town blues]

I was only joking about nyc fc but fuck me he literally faxed to city .




Messi does join City, his deal could include an MLS clause where he would spend three years in Manchester before joining their sister club New York City FC of Major League Soccer, according to ESPN.

The club formally received Messi's request via fax on Tuesday

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[Blootoof]

The whole point of the original billboard was the "United are not in Manchester" joke.

That's why it was great, because he was coming from United. You can't just replicate it with any massive signing.

Yeah, remember at the time people thought it was fake til everyone turned up taking pictures. Including the red half with their paint socks :D