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BlueMoonz1977 said:
Bartomeu trying to save face but it is stated that some of the board want to sell Messi as well

Surely not a chance that Messi will end his career at Barca due to the state the board have got the team in both on/off the pitch. A massive rebuilding job that will not gaurantee them reaching another CL final

Does he wamt to carry them for the renainder of his playing days - i dont think so

Lets also not forget the underhand tactics the board have used both against him abd other people associated with the club
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All the rumours we have heard suggest that Barca effectively pushed Messi out. I don't think they want a poisonous atmosphere in Barcelona between Messi and the club but if they play hard ball over a fee then that might allow another club in above City. That would also depend on how keen Messi is to go to a certain club.

You'd think after 20 years Barcelona would treat their player with much respect and accommodate his wishes.
 
Verified twitter accounts reporting City are in a good position to sign Messi:

- Rodrigo Faez and Moillorens (ESPN correspondence on Barcelona)

Guardiola and Messi spoke on the phone last week to discuss the possibility of Messi making a move to Man City this summer

Man City are weighing up offering Lionel Messi a long-term contract that would see him move to partner club NYCFC after three years in the Premier League

Marcelo Belcher (Barca journalist who first broke the Neymar transfer)

Lionel Messi wants to play for City

Martin Bajkowski (Manchester evening news)

Messi to City, then? It has arguably never been more likely, but there are enough obstacles still to suggest it is still a long way from looking likely

Guillem Balague (Journalist)

Yes, City could be the destination. But it is too early to say it will certainly be. @lequipe say his morning PSG is out of the equation and the club suggests that to be the case. But it is more a "wait and see" than a definitive no. Inter is exactly the same. And there are more

- Martyn Ziegler (reporter for the times)

Man City have been working for more than a week to try to pull off deal to sign Messi and are seen as frontrunners:

Manchester City have been working for more than a week to try to pull off the biggest transfer coup that English football has ever seen by signing Lionel Messi, according to sources, but they face major financial hurdles
 
BlueMoonz1977 said:
It would be offset with newly structured sponsorship deals. Similar to how Juve did with ronaldo.

Doint worry about it. The club will have it all structured already
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Id be very surprised if the club were pursuing this at that price, regardless of where the money came from
 
Invisible_Goat said:
Verified twitter accounts reporting City are in a good position to sign Messi:

- Rodrigo Faez and Moillorens (ESPN correspondence on Barcelona)

Guardiola and Messi spoke on the phone last week to discuss the possibility of Messi making a move to Man City this summer

Man City are weighing up offering Lionel Messi a long-term contract that would see him move to partner club NYCFC after three years in the Premier League

Marcelo Belcher (Barca journalist who first broke the Neymar transfer)

Lionel Messi wants to play for City

Martin Bajkowski (Manchester evening news)

Messi to City, then? It has arguably never been more likely, but there are enough obstacles still to suggest it is still a long way from looking likely

Guillem Balague (Journalist)

Yes, City could be the destination. But it is too early to say it will certainly be. @lequipe say his morning PSG is out of the equation and the club suggests that to be the case. But it is more a "wait and see" than a definitive no. Inter is exactly the same. And there are more

- Martyn Ziegler (reporter for the times)

Man City have been working for more than a week to try to pull off deal to sign Messi and are seen as frontrunners:

Manchester City have been working for more than a week to try to pull off the biggest transfer coup that English football has ever seen by signing Lionel Messi, according to sources, but they face major financial hurdles
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That last part rings true for any club, not just ourselves. Not worried

Our club know what to do and will have a contingency plan in place
 
BringBackSwales said:
Has GDM been asked to advise either party yet?
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I have it on reliable authority that neither party trusts words of more than six syllables. Nor can they countenance legal clauses which fail to start with the word “notwithstanding”. Hence, and regrettably so, GDM’s services appear to be redundant.
 
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Messi wants out. He is pretty adamant. No power play involved.
If Barca can’t convince him otherwise they will not keep an unhappy player on the golf course at £1 million a week with all the disruption it will cause with the fans and players. They will naturally look to cut their losses by invoking the buyout clause. There are the 2 possible outcomes: a) FIFA find in favour of Messi and he goes on a free-will take time but possible following court case
b) Barca will accept a reduced buyout payment - this could involve a swap deal with Garcia and Angelino and would be facilitated by Messi accepting a pay cut over the next few years eg half a million a week (exactly what CR is on at Juve) over 2 years which would equate to £50 million of the buyout. I would expect some sort of deal along there lines to be the way thing will go...hopefully!
 
M12Blue said:
Id be very surprised if the club were pursuing this at that price, regardless of where the money came from
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Why would you be surprised. It is known tgat our owner has coveted messi for a long time - it has just been that prior occassions have never been true to messi wanting out.

This isnt just us rushing around trying to get Messi in, there has probably always been a plan in place should the opportunity arise - which now it has.

You have to ask yourself a genuine question that rekates to what went on before this - the cartel trying to get us banned from europe.

Although prior to the mauling barca got by bayern, there was mumblings of discontent from messi back then about leaving
 
There wouldn't have been days of chatting if the fee was a non starter. We have known from the start exactly what was involved. We haven't just found out today that "oh shit, Barca want 150m? better give Lionel a call and say its off fella, sorry for messing you about. I hope you can get that transfer request fax back."
 
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